debilis

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Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

dēbilis (neuter dēbile, comparative dēbilior, superlative dēbilissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. weak, frail, feeble
    Synonyms: languidus, fractus, aeger, mollis, fessus, tenuis, īnfirmus, inops, obnoxius
    Antonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, potēns, validus, strēnuus, compos
  2. lame, disabled, crippled, infirm, debilitated
    Synonym: claudus

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative dēbilis dēbile dēbilēs dēbilia
Genitive dēbilis dēbilium
Dative dēbilī dēbilibus
Accusative dēbilem dēbile dēbilēs
dēbilīs 		dēbilia
Ablative dēbilī dēbilibus
Vocative dēbilis dēbile dēbilēs dēbilia

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Descendants

References

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