labilis

Latin

Etymology

From lābor (“to slip, slide”) +‎ -ilis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

lābilis (neuter lābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. slipping
2. slippery

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	lābilis	lābile		lābilēs	lābilia
genitive	lābilis			lābilium
dative	lābilī			lābilibus
accusative	lābilem	lābile		lābilīs lābilēs	lābilia
ablative	lābilī			lābilibus
vocative	lābilis	lābile		lābilēs	lābilia

Descendants

• → Catalan: làbil
• → Danish: labil
• → English: labile
• → Middle French: labile
  • French: labile
    • → Romanian: labil
    • → Swedish: labil
  • → Dutch: labiel
    • Afrikaans: labiel
    • → Indonesian: labil
• → Galician: lábil
• → German: labil
• → Hungarian: labilis
• → Italian: labile
• → Spanish: lábil

References

• “labilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "labilis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “labilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• labilis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016