defectibilis

Latin

Etymology

From dēfectus (“failure; weakness”) +‎ -bilis (“-able, subject to”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deː.fɛkˈtɪ.bɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [de.fekˈtiː.bi.lis]

Adjective

dēfectibilis (neuter dēfectibile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (Late Latin, rare) fallible (liable to fail)
   • 354 CE – 430 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Sermons 320.11:

     Cum ergō portāmus istam dēfectibilem īnfirmitātem […]

     Therefore, this is the fallible feebleness we carry […]

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dēfectibilis	dēfectibile		dēfectibilēs	dēfectibilia
genitive	dēfectibilis			dēfectibilium
dative	dēfectibilī			dēfectibilibus
accusative	dēfectibilem	dēfectibile		dēfectibilīs dēfectibilēs	dēfectibilia
ablative	dēfectibilī			dēfectibilibus
vocative	dēfectibilis	dēfectibile		dēfectibilēs	dēfectibilia

Descendants

• → Italian: defettibile (learned)

References

• “defectibilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.