volatilis

Latin

Etymology

From volo (“to fly”) +‎ -ilis.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯oˈlaː.ti.lis/, [u̯ɔˈɫ̪äːt̪ɪlʲɪs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /voˈla.ti.lis/, [voˈläːt̪ilis]

Adjective

volātilis (neuter volātile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. flying, winged
  2. swift, rapid
  3. fleeting, transitory
  4. volatile

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative volātilis volātile volātilēs volātilia
Genitive volātilis volātilium
Dative volātilī volātilibus
Accusative volātilem volātile volātilēs
volātilīs		 volātilia
Ablative volātilī volātilibus
Vocative volātilis volātile volātilēs volātilia

Derived terms

Descendants
  • From the neuter plural volatilia:
    • French: volaille
    • Occitan: volalha
    • From merger with pulla:
      • Occitan: polalha, poralha
      • Piedmontese: polaja
  • Borrowings:

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