adaptabilis

Latin

Etymology

From adaptō, adaptāre (“adapt”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.dapˈtaː.bɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.dapˈtaː.bi.lis]

Adjective

adaptābilis (neuter adaptābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. adaptable, that may adapt, that may be adapted.
   • 1564, Nicolaus Everardus, Loci argumentorum legales, page 81:

     Exceptio quando ponitur post plures casus et non potest adaptari nisi ad unus illorum debet sic intelligi ut excipiat solum quo ad illum casum cui est adaptabilis.

     When an exception is placed after several cases and it is not possible to adapt it except to one of them, one ought thusly to understand that it exempts only as far as that case to which it is adaptable.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	adaptābilis	adaptābile		adaptābilēs	adaptābilia
genitive	adaptābilis			adaptābilium
dative	adaptābilī			adaptābilibus
accusative	adaptābilem	adaptābile		adaptābilīs adaptābilēs	adaptābilia
ablative	adaptābilī			adaptābilibus
vocative	adaptābilis	adaptābile		adaptābilēs	adaptābilia

Descendants

• English: adaptable

References

• “adaptabilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• adaptabilis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016