flexibilis

Latin

Etymology

From flectō (“I bend, curve”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /flekˈsi.bi.lis/, [fɫ̪ɛkˈs̠ɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /flekˈsi.bi.lis/, [fleɡˈziːbilis]

Adjective

flexibilis (neuter flexibile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. flexible, pliant, able to be bent
2. (of persons) tractable, pliant
3. (of persons, derogatory) fickle, wavering, inconstant
4. (grammar) inflectable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	flexibilis	flexibile		flexibilēs	flexibilia
genitive	flexibilis			flexibilium
dative	flexibilī			flexibilibus
accusative	flexibilem	flexibile		flexibilēs flexibilīs	flexibilia
ablative	flexibilī			flexibilibus
vocative	flexibilis	flexibile		flexibilēs	flexibilia

Synonyms

• (flexible): flexilis

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “grammar”): inflexibilis

Derived terms

• flexibilitās

Related terms

• flectō
• flexanimus
• flexilis
• flexiō
• flexuōsē
• flexuōsus
• flexūra
• flexus

 

Descendants

• → English: flexible
• → Asturian: flexible
• → Catalan: flexible
• → French: flexible
• → Galician: flexible
• → German: flexibel
• → Italian: flessibile
• → Portuguese: flexível
• → Romanian: flexibil
• → Spanish: flexible

References

• “flexibilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “flexibilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• flexibilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.