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Latin
Etymology
From edō, probably via a u-stem *edū or *edus, plus -ilis. Compare the formations of pecū, gradus, gelū, algus, currus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
edūlis (neuter edūle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- edible
- Synonyms: ēsculentus, edibilis
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “edulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “edulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- edulis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.