flebilis

Latin

Alternative forms
  • *fēbilis (Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

From fleō (“I weep”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfleː.bi.lis/, [ˈfɫ̪eːbɪlʲɪs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfle.bi.lis/, [ˈflɛːbilis]

Adjective

flēbilis (neuter flēbile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. lamentable
  2. doleful, tearful

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative flēbilis flēbile flēbilēs flēbilia
Genitive flēbilis flēbilium
Dative flēbilī flēbilibus
Accusative flēbilem flēbile flēbilēs
flēbilīs		 flēbilia
Ablative flēbilī flēbilibus
Vocative flēbilis flēbile flēbilēs flēbilia

Descendants
  • Asturian: feble
  • Catalan: feble
  • Galician: feble
  • Italian: fievole, → flebile (learned)
  • Old French: feble, foible
  • Occitan: feble
  • Romansch: flaivel, fleivel, flevel
  • Walloon: fwebe

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