amabilis

Latin

Etymology

From amāre and amārī (“to love” and “to be loved”) +‎ -bilis (“-able: able or worthy to be”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈmaː.bi.lis/, [äˈmäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈma.bi.lis/, [äˈmäːbilis]

Adjective

amābilis (neuter amābile, comparative amābilior, adverb amābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. lovable, worthy of love
2. lovely, attractive, pleasant

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	amābilis	amābile		amābilēs	amābilia
Genitive	amābilis			amābilium
Dative	amābilī			amābilibus
Accusative	amābilem	amābile		amābilēs amābilīs	amābilia
Ablative	amābilī			amābilibus
Vocative	amābilis	amābile		amābilēs	amābilia

Derived terms

• amābilitās
• amābiliter
• inamābilis

Related terms

• amāns
• amanter
• amāta
• amātor
• amātōriē
• amātōrius
• amātus
• amīcē
• amīcitia
• amīcula
• amīcus m, amīca f
• amō
• amor

 

Descendants

• Catalan: amable
• Galician: amable
• Italian: amabile
• Old French: amable
  • → Middle French: aimable, amable
    • French: aimable
      • → English: aimable
    • → Middle English: amable, amabully, amebill
      • English: amable
• Portuguese: amável
• Romanian: amabil
• Spanish: amable
• → English: Amabel

References

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