mirabilis
See also: Mirabilis
English
Etymology
From the genus name, from Latin mīrābilis. Doublet of mirable.
Noun
mirabilis (plural mirabilises)
- (botany) Any of the plant genus Mirabilis; a four-o'clock.
See also
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From mīror (“to marvel at”) + -bilis (“-able”), from mīrus (“wonderful”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [miːˈraː.bɪ.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [miˈraː.bi.lis]
Adjective
mīrābilis (neuter mīrābile, adverb mīrābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | mīrābilis | mīrābile | mīrābilēs | mīrābilia | |
| genitive | mīrābilis | mīrābilium | |||
| dative | mīrābilī | mīrābilibus | |||
| accusative | mīrābilem | mīrābile | mīrābilēs mīrābilīs |
mīrābilia | |
| ablative | mīrābilī | mīrābilibus | |||
| vocative | mīrābilis | mīrābile | mīrābilēs | mīrābilia | |
Derived terms
- mīrābiliārius
- mīrābilitās
Related terms
Descendants
- Asturian: maraviya
- Bourguignon: marvoille
- Catalan: meravella
- English: marvel, mirable
- French: merveille
- Galician: marabilla
- Italian: meraviglia, mirabile
- Lombard: maravija, maravillia
- Norman: mervêle
- Portuguese: maravilha
- Romanian: mirabil
- Spanish: maravilla
- Translingual: Mirabilis
- Walloon: marvoye
References
- “mirabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mirabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "mirabilis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mirabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.