fragilis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fragelis. Equivalent to frangō (“break, shatter”) +‎ -ilis (“-ile”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfra.ɡɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfraː.d͡ʒi.lis]

Adjective

fragilis (neuter fragile, comparative fragilior); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. fragile, brittle, easily broken, breakable
2. (figuratively) weak, frail, flimsy, perishable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	fragilis	fragile		fragilēs	fragilia
genitive	fragilis			fragilium
dative	fragilī			fragilibus
accusative	fragilem	fragile		fragilēs fragilīs	fragilia
ablative	fragilī			fragilibus
vocative	fragilis	fragile		fragilēs	fragilia

Derived terms

• fragilitās
• īnfragilis

Related terms

• fractiō
• fractor
• fractūra
• fragēscō
• fragmen
• fragmentum
• fragor
• frangō

Descendants

• Asturian: fráxil
• → English: fragile
• Catalan: fràgil
• French: fragile
  • → Romanian: fragil
• Friulian: fragjil
• Galician: fráxil
• Italian: fragile
• Occitan: fragil
• Old French: fraile, frele
  • French: frêle
  • → English: frail
  • → Italian: frale
• Piedmontese: fràgil
• → Portuguese: frágil
• Romanian: fraged (perhaps)
• Sicilian: fràgulu, sfràgulu
• → Spanish: frágil
• → German: fragil

References

• “fragilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fragilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “fragilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.