vegetabilis
Latin
Etymology
From vegetāre, vegetō (“to animate, to quicken”) + -bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /we.ɡeˈtaː.bi.lis/, [wɛ.ɡɛˈtaː.bɪ.lɪs]
Adjective
vegetābilis (neuter vegetābile); third declension
- animating, enlivening, vivifying
- able to produce and support growth, vegetative
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | vegetābilis | vegetābile | vegetābilēs | vegetābilia | |
| Genitive | vegetābilis | vegetābilis | vegetābilium | vegetābilium | |
| Dative | vegetābilī | vegetābilī | vegetābilibus | vegetābilibus | |
| Accusative | vegetābilem | vegetābile | vegetābilēs, vegetābilīs | vegetābilia | |
| Ablative | vegetābilī | vegetābilī | vegetābilibus | vegetābilibus | |
| Vocative | vegetābilis | vegetābile | vegetābilēs | vegetābilia | |
Descendants
- English: vegetable
- Italian: vegetabile
References
- vegetabilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vegetabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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