-bilis
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Etymology
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Inherited from Proto-Italic *-ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European i-stem form *-dʰlis of *-dʰlom (“instrumental suffix”). Akin to -bulum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /bi.lis/, [bɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bi.lis/, [bilis] (stressed on the antepenult)
Suffix
-bilis (neuter -bile); third-declension two-termination suffix
- -(a)ble; used to form an adjective, usually from a verb, indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon.
Usage notes
The suffix -bilis is added to a verb to form an adjective noun of relationship to that verb.
- Examples:
Sometimes it is added to the verb's perfect past participle stem (this should not be confused with derivatives of first-declension frequentative verbs, which have stems ending in -tā-).
- Examples:
- contemnō (“to scorn, despise”) + -bilis → contemptibilis (“contemptible”)
- flectō (“to bend, curve”) + -bilis → flexibilis (“flexible, pliant, tractable”)
- videō (“to see”) + -bilis → vīsibilis (“visible”)
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
- comparative: -bilior, superlative: -bilissimus
Derived terms
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