affabilis

Latin

Alternative forms

• adfābilis

Etymology

From affor, affārī (“speak to, address”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /afˈfaː.bi.lis/, [äfˈfäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /afˈfa.bi.lis/, [äfˈfäːbilis]

Adjective

affābilis (neuter affābile, adverb affābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. that can be easily spoken to or accessed; affable, courteous, kind, friendly

   Synonyms: amīcābilis, facilis, benevolēns

   Antonyms: inimīcus, hostīlis, īnfestus, īnfēnsus, oblīquus, adversus, dīversus, āversus, inīquus

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	affābilis	affābile		affābilēs	affābilia
Genitive	affābilis			affābilium
Dative	affābilī			affābilibus
Accusative	affābilem	affābile		affābilēs affābilīs	affābilia
Ablative	affābilī			affābilibus
Vocative	affābilis	affābile		affābilēs	affābilia

Derived terms

• affābilitās
• affābiliter

 

Related terms

• affāmen
• affor

 

Descendants

• Catalan: afable
• Danish: affabel
• English: affable
• French: affable
• Italian: affabile
• Portuguese: afável
• Spanish: afable

References

• “affabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• affabilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• affabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.