-bilis

From Proto-Italic *-ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European i-stem form *-dʰli- of *-dʰlom (“instrumental suffix”). Akin to -bulum.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bi.lis/, [bɪ.lɪs] (stressed on the antepenult)

-bilis m or f (neuter -bile); third declension

1. -(a)ble; used to form an adjective, usually from a verb, indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon.

The suffix -bilis is added to a verb to form an adjective noun of relationship to that verb.

Examples:

stabilis (“stable”), from stō (“stand”)

habilis (“handy, skillful”), from habeō (“to have”) (with haplology, for *habibilis)

nūbilis (“marriageable”), from nūbō (“to marry”) (with haplology, for *nūbibilis)

Third declension.

• comparative: -bilior, superlative: -bilissimus

• -ābilis
• -ibilis

• -ilis