delebilis

Latin

Etymology

dēleō (“I destroy, terminate”) +‎ -bilis

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈleː.bi.lis/, [d̪eːˈɫ̪eːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈle.bi.lis/, [d̪eˈlɛːbilis]

Adjective

dēlēbilis (neuter dēlēbile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. destructible, destroyable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dēlēbilis	dēlēbile		dēlēbilēs	dēlēbilia
genitive	dēlēbilis			dēlēbilium
dative	dēlēbilī			dēlēbilibus
accusative	dēlēbilem	dēlēbile		dēlēbilēs dēlēbilīs	dēlēbilia
ablative	dēlēbilī			dēlēbilibus
vocative	dēlēbilis	dēlēbile		dēlēbilēs	dēlēbilia

Derived terms

• indēlēbilis

Descendants

• English: deleble, delible
• Italian: delebile
• Romanian: delebil

References

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