comparabilis

Latin

Alternative forms

• conparābilis

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin comparō

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin comparābilis

From comparō + -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔm.paˈraː.bɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kom.paˈraː.bi.lis]

Adjective

comparābilis (neuter comparābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. comparable, similar

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	comparābilis	comparābile		comparābilēs	comparābilia
genitive	comparābilis			comparābilium
dative	comparābilī			comparābilibus
accusative	comparābilem	comparābile		comparābilīs comparābilēs	comparābilia
ablative	comparābilī			comparābilibus
vocative	comparābilis	comparābile		comparābilēs	comparābilia

Descendants

• Asturian: comparable
• Catalan: comparable
• French: comparable
• Galician: comparable
• Italian: comparabile
• Portuguese: comparável
• Spanish: comparable

References

• “comparabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “comparabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “comparabilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• comparabilis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016