desiderabilis

Latin

Etymology

From dēsīderō + -bilis.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.siː.deˈraː.bi.lis/, [d̪eːs̠iːd̪ɛˈräːbɪlʲɪs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.si.deˈra.bi.lis/, [d̪es̬id̪eˈräːbilis]

Adjective

dēsīderābilis (neuter dēsīderābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. desirable, wanted
  2. missed (of the dead)
  3. regretted

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative dēsīderābilis dēsīderābile dēsīderābilēs dēsīderābilia
Genitive dēsīderābilis dēsīderābilium
Dative dēsīderābilī dēsīderābilibus
Accusative dēsīderābilem dēsīderābile dēsīderābilēs
dēsīderābilīs
dēsīderābilia
Ablative dēsīderābilī dēsīderābilibus
Vocative dēsīderābilis dēsīderābile dēsīderābilēs dēsīderābilia

Descendants

  • Italian: desiderabile

References

  • desiderabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • desiderabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • desiderabilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • desiderabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • desiderabilis in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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