sustinebilis

Latin

Alternative forms

• sustinābilis

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *ten-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti

Proto-Italic *tenēō

Latin teneō

Latin sustineō

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin sustinēbilis

By surface analysis, sustineō +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊs.tɪˈneː.bɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [sus.tiˈnɛː.bi.lis]

Adjective

sustinēbilis (neuter sustinēbile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. sustainable
   • 2026 April 9, Peter Gluckman, Diplomatia scientifica: ab utopia ad pragmatismum‎^[1], International Science Council, archived from the original on 7 June 2026:

     Decennio tantum abhinc, anno MMXV, Pacta Parisiensia, Agenda MMXXX, Proposita Progressionis Sustinebilis (SDGs), et Schema Sendai ad Reductionem Periculi Calamitatum, omnia significabant scientiam internationalem et commoda globalia congruere videri.

     Just a decade ago, in 2015, the Paris Agreement, Agenda 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction all seemed to indicate that international science and global interests were aligned.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	sustinēbilis	sustinēbile		sustinēbilēs	sustinēbilia
genitive	sustinēbilis			sustinēbilium
dative	sustinēbilī			sustinēbilibus
accusative	sustinēbilem	sustinēbile		sustinēbilīs sustinēbilēs	sustinēbilia
ablative	sustinēbilī			sustinēbilibus
vocative	sustinēbilis	sustinēbile		sustinēbilēs	sustinēbilia