superabilis

Latin

Etymology

superō (“to surmount, overcome”) +‎ -bilis

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /su.peˈraː.bi.lis/, [s̠ʊpɛˈräːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su.peˈra.bi.lis/, [supeˈräːbilis]

Adjective

superābilis (neuter superābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. surmountable (literally and figuratively)
2. curable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	superābilis	superābile		superābilēs	superābilia
genitive	superābilis			superābilium
dative	superābilī			superābilibus
accusative	superābilem	superābile		superābilēs superābilīs	superābilia
ablative	superābilī			superābilibus
vocative	superābilis	superābile		superābilēs	superābilia

Derived terms

• īnsuperābilis

References

• “superabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “superabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers