habilis

Latin

Etymology

    From habeō (“to have, possess”) +‎ -ilis.[1][2] Alternatively, from habeō +‎ -bilis, with haplology simplifying -bibi- to -bi-.[3]

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    habilis (neuter habile, comparative habilior); third-declension two-termination adjective

    1. able to have/possess/maintain
    2. having sufficient ability or power to do or to conduct; skillful
    3. suitable, apt, fit, proper
      Synonyms: opportūnus, commodus, aptus, idōneus, dignus, conveniēns, iūstus, lēgitimus, ūtilis, salūber, ūtēnsilis
      Antonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus
    4. nimble, swift
    5. manageable

    Declension

    Third-declension two-termination adjective.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
    nominative habilis habile habilēs habilia
    genitive habilis habilium
    dative habilī habilibus
    accusative habilem habile habilīs
    habilēs     		habilia
    ablative habilī habilibus
    vocative habilis habile habilēs habilia

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: hàbil
    • Istriot: àbile
    • Italian: abile
    • Occitan: abil
    • Old French: able
    • Portuguese: hábil
    • Spanish: hábil
    • Translingual: Homo habilis

    References

    1. ^ “habilis” on page 782 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
    2. ^ “able, adjective, adverb & noun.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
    3. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 92, page 90

    Further reading

    • “habilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “habilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "habilis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “habilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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