probabilis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *probʰHwós

Proto-Italic *proβwos

Proto-Italic *proβos

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *proβāō

Latin probō

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin probābilis

From probō + -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prɔˈbaː.bɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈbaː.bi.lis]

Adjective

probābilis (neuter probābile, comparative probābilior, adverb probābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. likely, credible, probable, plausible
2. commendable, admirable
3. justifiable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	probābilis	probābile		probābilēs	probābilia
genitive	probābilis			probābilium
dative	probābilī			probābilibus
accusative	probābilem	probābile		probābilīs probābilēs	probābilia
ablative	probābilī			probābilibus
vocative	probābilis	probābile		probābilēs	probābilia

Derived terms

• probābilitās
• probābiliter

Related terms

• probus

Descendants

• Asturian: probable
• Catalan: probable
• English: probable
• French: probable
• Galician: probable
• Italian: probabile
• Portuguese: provável
• Romanian: probabil
• Spanish: probable
• → Esperanto: probabla

References

• “probabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “probabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "probabilis", 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)
• “probabilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to try to conjecture probabilities: probabilia coniectura sequi
    
• probabilis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016