fallibilis

Latin

Etymology

From fallō (“I cause to fall, trip, lead into error”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /falˈli.bi.lis/, [fälˈlʲɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /falˈli.bi.lis/, [fälˈliːbilis]

Adjective

fallibilis (neuter fallibile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (Medieval Latin) Liable to error; deceitful.
2. (Medieval Latin, theology) Capable of error; reformable.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	fallibilis	fallibile		fallibilēs	fallibilia
genitive	fallibilis			fallibilium
dative	fallibilī			fallibilibus
accusative	fallibilem	fallibile		fallibilēs fallibilīs	fallibilia
ablative	fallibilī			fallibilibus
vocative	fallibilis	fallibile		fallibilēs	fallibilia

Derived terms

• fallibilior (comparative degree)
• fallibilissimus (superlative degree)
• fallibiliter (adverb)

Related terms

• infallibilis

Descendants

• Catalan: fal·lible
• → English: fallible
• French: faillible
• Galician: falible
• Italian: fallibile
• Portuguese: falível
• Spanish: falible

References

• "fallibilis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• fallibilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• fallibilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016