concupiscibilis

Latin

Etymology

From concupīscō +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.ku.piːsˈki.bi.lis/, [kɔŋkʊpiːs̠ˈkɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.ku.piʃˈʃi.bi.lis/, [koŋkupiʃˈʃiːbilis]

Adjective

concupīscibilis (neuter concupīscibile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (very) desirable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	concupīscibilis	concupīscibile		concupīscibilēs	concupīscibilia
genitive	concupīscibilis			concupīscibilium
dative	concupīscibilī			concupīscibilibus
accusative	concupīscibilem	concupīscibile		concupīscibilēs concupīscibilīs	concupīscibilia
ablative	concupīscibilī			concupīscibilibus
vocative	concupīscibilis	concupīscibile		concupīscibilēs	concupīscibilia

Descendants

• → Italian: concupiscibile
• → Middle English: concupiscibill, concupiscibl, concupiscible, concupyscyble, concupyssible (partly via Middle French)
  • English: concupiscible
• → Middle French: concupiscible
  • French: concupiscible
• → Spanish: concupiscible

References

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