permeabilis

Latin

Etymology

From permeāre, permeō (“to pass through”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /per.meˈaː.bi.lis/, [pɛrmeˈäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /per.meˈa.bi.lis/, [permeˈäːbilis]

Adjective

permeābilis (neuter permeābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. passable
2. permeable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	permeābilis	permeābile		permeābilēs	permeābilia
genitive	permeābilis			permeābilium
dative	permeābilī			permeābilibus
accusative	permeābilem	permeābile		permeābilēs permeābilīs	permeābilia
ablative	permeābilī			permeābilibus
vocative	permeābilis	permeābile		permeābilēs	permeābilia

Derived terms

• impermeābilis

Descendants

• Catalan: permeable
• → English: permeable
• → French: perméable
• Italian: permeabile
• Portuguese: permeável
• Romanian: permeabil
• Spanish: permeable

References

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