vegetabilis

Latin

Etymology

From vegetāre, vegetō (“to animate, to quicken”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vegetābilis (neuter vegetābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. animating, enlivening, vivifying
  2. able to produce and support growth, vegetative

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative vegetābilis vegetābile vegetābilēs vegetābilia
genitive vegetābilis vegetābilium
dative vegetābilī vegetābilibus
accusative vegetābilem vegetābile vegetābilēs
vegetābilīs 		vegetābilia
ablative vegetābilī vegetābilibus
vocative vegetābilis vegetābile vegetābilēs vegetābilia

Descendants

  • Italian: vegetabile
  • Old French: vegetable

References

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