accusabilis

Latin

Etymology

From accūsāre, accūsō (“blame, accuse”) +‎ -bilis, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + causa (“cause, reason, account, lawsuit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ak.kuːˈsaː.bi.lis/, [äkːuːˈs̠äːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.kuˈsa.bi.lis/, [äkːuˈs̬äːbilis]

Adjective

accūsābilis (neuter accūsābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. accusable, blameworthy, reprehensible

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	accūsābilis	accūsābile		accūsābilēs	accūsābilia
genitive	accūsābilis			accūsābilium
dative	accūsābilī			accūsābilibus
accusative	accūsābilem	accūsābile		accūsābilēs accūsābilīs	accūsābilia
ablative	accūsābilī			accūsābilibus
vocative	accūsābilis	accūsābile		accūsābilēs	accūsābilia

Related terms

• accūsātiō
• accūsātīvus
• accūsātor
• accūsātōriē
• accūsātōrius
• accūsātrīx
• accūsitō
• accūsō

Descendants

• English: accusable
• French: accusable
• Italian: accusabile
• Portuguese: acusável
• Romanian: acuzabil

References

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