formidabilis

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Latin

Etymology

From formīdō (“to fear, dread”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

formīdābilis (neuter formīdābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Causing or inspiring fear, terrible, frightening, formidable.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative formīdābilis formīdābile formīdābilēs formīdābilia
genitive formīdābilis formīdābilium
dative formīdābilī formīdābilibus
accusative formīdābilem formīdābile formīdābilēs
formīdābilīs 		formīdābilia
ablative formīdābilī formīdābilibus
vocative formīdābilis formīdābile formīdābilēs formīdābilia

Descendants

References

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