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Latin
Etymology
From -ātus (“-ate”, “-like”) + -ilis: the latter suffix is often attached to the perfect passive participle stems of verbs, which end similarly to the adjective-forming suffix -ātus.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ātilis (neuter -ātile); third-declension two-termination suffix
- Added to noun stems, forms adjectives, usually with the sense "belonging to", "dwelling in"[1]
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1852) Grammar of the Latin Language, page 172