friabilis

Latin

Etymology

From friāre, friō (“to crumble”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

friābilis (neuter friābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. friable, easily crumbled or broken into pieces

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	friābilis	friābile		friābilēs	friābilia
genitive	friābilis			friābilium
dative	friābilī			friābilibus
accusative	friābilem	friābile		friābilīs friābilēs	friābilia
ablative	friābilī			friābilibus
vocative	friābilis	friābile		friābilēs	friābilia

Related terms

• friō

Descendants

• English: friable
• French: friable
• Italian: friabile
• Norman: friabl'ye
• → Portuguese: friável

References

• “friabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “friabilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.