exilis

See also: ekzilis

Catalan

Noun

exilis

  1. plural of exili

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from ex- + īle.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈsiː.lis/, [ɛkˈs̠iːlʲɪs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈsi.lis/, [eɡˈziːlis]

Adjective

exīlis (neuter exīle, comparative exīlior, adverb exīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. small, thin, slender
  2. lank, meagre, feeble, inadequate
  3. (phonology) of the sound l, palatalized
    Antonym: pinguis

Usage notes

The superlative does not occur.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative exīlis exīle exīlēs exīlia
Genitive exīlis exīlium
Dative exīlī exīlibus
Accusative exīlem exīle exīlēs
exīlīs		 exīlia
Ablative exīlī exīlibus
Vocative exīlis exīle exīlēs exīlia

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Italian: esile
  • Piedmontese: ésil
  • Portuguese: exile, exil

Verb

exilīs

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of exiliō

References
  • “exilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “exilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) the dry, lifeless style: oratio exilis, ieiuna, arida, exsanguis
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