interminabilis

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“not, un-”) +‎ terminō (“I finish, end”) +‎ -bilis (“-able”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.ter.miˈnaː.bi.lis/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrmɪˈnäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.ter.miˈna.bi.lis/, [in̪t̪ermiˈnäːbilis]

Adjective

interminābilis (neuter interminābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (Late Latin) interminable, endless

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	interminābilis	interminābile		interminābilēs	interminābilia
genitive	interminābilis			interminābilium
dative	interminābilī			interminābilibus
accusative	interminābilem	interminābile		interminābilēs interminābilīs	interminābilia
ablative	interminābilī			interminābilibus
vocative	interminābilis	interminābile		interminābilēs	interminābilia

Descendants

• Catalan: interminable
• French: interminable
  • → English: interminable
• Italian: interminabile
• Portuguese: interminável
• Romanian: interminabil
• Spanish: interminable

References

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