adaptabilis

Latin

Etymology

From adaptō, adaptāre (“adapt”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.dapˈtaː.bi.lis/, [äd̪äpˈt̪äːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.dapˈta.bi.lis/, [äd̪äpˈt̪äːbilis]

Adjective

adaptābilis (neuter adaptābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. adaptable, that may adapt, that may be adapted.
   • 1564, Nicolaus Everardus, Loci argumentorum legales, page 81:

     Exceptio quando ponitur post plures casus et non potest adaptari nisi ad unus illorum debet sic intelligi ut excipiat solum quo ad illum casum cui est adaptabilis.

     When an exception is placed after several cases and it is not possible to adapt it except to one of them, one ought thusly to understand that it exempts only as far as that case to which it is adaptable.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	adaptābilis	adaptābile		adaptābilēs	adaptābilia
genitive	adaptābilis			adaptābilium
dative	adaptābilī			adaptābilibus
accusative	adaptābilem	adaptābile		adaptābilēs adaptābilīs	adaptābilia
ablative	adaptābilī			adaptābilibus
vocative	adaptābilis	adaptābile		adaptābilēs	adaptābilia

Descendants

• English: adaptable

References

• adaptabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• adaptabilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016