Latin edit

Etymology edit

From dēsīderō +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

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

Declension edit

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 edit

  • Italian: desiderabile

References edit

  • 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016