palpabilis

Latin

Etymology

From palpāre, palpō (“I touch softly”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /palˈpaː.bi.lis/, [päɫ̪ˈpäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /palˈpa.bi.lis/, [pälˈpäːbilis]

Adjective

palpābilis (neuter palpābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (Late Latin) that can be touched or felt, palpable
   • 540 CE, Cassiodorus, De Anima "Formam animam non habere":

     corpus vero solidum atque palpabile

     the body [of a thing] is indeed solid and palpable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	palpābilis	palpābile		palpābilēs	palpābilia
genitive	palpābilis			palpābilium
dative	palpābilī			palpābilibus
accusative	palpābilem	palpābile		palpābilēs palpābilīs	palpābilia
ablative	palpābilī			palpābilibus
vocative	palpābilis	palpābile		palpābilēs	palpābilia

Related terms

• palpāmen
• palpāmentum
• palpātiō
• palpātor
• palpebra
• palpebrālis
• palpebrāris
• palpebrātiō
• palpebrō
• palpitātiō
• palpitātus
• palpitō
• palpō
• palpus

Descendants

• Catalan: palpable
• English: palpable
• French: palpable
• Galician: palpable
• Italian: palpabile
• Portuguese: palpável
• Sicilian: parpàbbili
• Spanish: palpable

References

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