desiderabilis

Latin

Etymology

From dēsīderō +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.siː.deˈraː.bi.lis/, [d̪eːs̠iːd̪ɛˈräːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.si.deˈra.bi.lis/, [d̪es̬id̪eˈräːbilis]

Adjective

dēsīderābilis (neuter dēsīderābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. desirable, wanted
2. missed (of the dead)
3. regretted

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dēsīderābilis	dēsīderābile		dēsīderābilēs	dēsīderābilia
genitive	dēsīderābilis			dēsīderābilium
dative	dēsīderābilī			dēsīderābilibus
accusative	dēsīderābilem	dēsīderābile		dēsīderābilēs dēsīderābilīs	dēsīderābilia
ablative	dēsīderābilī			dēsīderābilibus
vocative	dēsīderābilis	dēsīderābile		dēsīderābilēs	dēsīderābilia

Descendants

• Italian: desiderabile

References

• “desiderabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “desiderabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• desiderabilis 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)
• desiderabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• desiderabilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016