potabilis

Latin

Etymology

From pōtō (“drink”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /poːˈtaː.bi.lis/, [poːˈt̪äːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈta.bi.lis/, [poˈt̪äːbilis]

Adjective

pōtābilis (neuter pōtābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. drinkable, potable

   Synonyms: pōtulentus, bibilis

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	pōtābilis	pōtābile		pōtābilēs	pōtābilia
genitive	pōtābilis			pōtābilium
dative	pōtābilī			pōtābilibus
accusative	pōtābilem	pōtābile		pōtābilēs pōtābilīs	pōtābilia
ablative	pōtābilī			pōtābilibus
vocative	pōtābilis	pōtābile		pōtābilēs	pōtābilia

Descendants

• English: potable
• French: potable
• Italian: potabile
• Portuguese: potável
• Romanian: potabil
• Spanish: potable

References

• “potabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• potabilis 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)
• potabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.