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Latin
Etymology
From volāt- (supine stem of volō (“to fly”)) + -ilis (suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
Adjective
volātilis (neuter volātile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- flying, winged
- swift, rapid
- fleeting, transitory
- volatile
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
- From the neuter plural volatilia:
- Borrowings:
References
- “volatilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “volatilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- volatilis 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)
- volatilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.