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Noun
exilis
- plural of exili
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from ex- + īle.
Pronunciation
Adjective
exīlis (neuter exīle, comparative exīlior, adverb exīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- small, thin, slender
- lank, meagre, feeble, inadequate
- (phonology) of the sound l, palatalized
- Antonym: pinguis
Usage notes
The superlative does not occur.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
exilīs
- second-person singular present active indicative of exiliō
References
- “exilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) the dry, lifeless style: oratio exilis, ieiuna, arida, exsanguis