terribilis
Latin
Etymology
From terreō (“I frighten, terrify, alarm; I deter by terror, scare (away)”) + -bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛrˈrɪ.bɪ.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪erˈriː.bi.lis]
Adjective
terribilis (neuter terribile, comparative terribilior, adverb terribiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | terribilis | terribile | terribilēs | terribilia | |
| genitive | terribilis | terribilium | |||
| dative | terribilī | terribilibus | |||
| accusative | terribilem | terribile | terribilēs terribilīs |
terribilia | |
| ablative | terribilī | terribilibus | |||
| vocative | terribilis | terribile | terribilēs | terribilia | |
Related terms
Descendants
- →? Catalan: terrible
- →? Italian: terribile
- → Old French: terrible
- >? Piedmontese: terìbil
- →? Portuguese: terrível (learned)
- →? Spanish: terrible
- Chavacano: terrible
References
- “terribilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “terribilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- terribilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.