abominabilis

Latin

Etymology

From abōminor, abōminārī +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.boː.miˈnaː.bi.lis/, [äboːmɪˈnäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.bo.miˈna.bi.lis/, [äbomiˈnäːbilis]

Adjective

abōminābilis (neuter abōminābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. abominable, detestable

   Synonym: dētestābilis

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	abōminābilis	abōminābile		abōminābilēs	abōminābilia
genitive	abōminābilis			abōminābilium
dative	abōminābilī			abōminābilibus
accusative	abōminābilem	abōminābile		abōminābilēs abōminābilīs	abōminābilia
ablative	abōminābilī			abōminābilibus
vocative	abōminābilis	abōminābile		abōminābilēs	abōminābilia

Related terms

• abōmināmentum
• abōminātiō
• abōminor
• abōminōsus

Descendants

• Catalan: abominable
• Old French: abominable
  • French: abominable
  • Middle English: abhomynable
    • English: abominable
      • Norwegian Bokmål: abominabel
• Galician: abominable
• Italian: abominabile
• Portuguese: abominável
• Romanian: abominabil
• Spanish: abominable

References

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