stabilis

Ladin

Participle

stabilis

1. masculine plural of the past participle of stabilì

Latin

Etymology

From stō (“stand firm”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.bi.lis/, [ˈs̠t̪äbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.bi.lis/, [ˈst̪äːbilis]

Adjective

stabilis (neuter stabile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. That stands firm; firm, steadfast, steady, sure, stable, stationary.

   Synonyms: statīvus, fīxus

2. established, enduring, durable, immutable, lasting, everlasting, unwavering, unchanging
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.73:

     “Cōnūbiō iungam stabilī propriamque dicābō.”

     “Joined in marriage, everlasting, and I shall dedicate [her to you as] your very own [wife].”
     (Juno tempts Aeolus to do her will by offering him marriage to Deiopea.)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	stabilis	stabile		stabilēs	stabilia
Genitive	stabilis			stabilium
Dative	stabilī			stabilibus
Accusative	stabilem	stabile		stabilēs stabilīs	stabilia
Ablative	stabilī			stabilibus
Vocative	stabilis	stabile		stabilēs	stabilia

Derived terms

• īnstabilis
• stabiliō
• stabilitās
• stabiliter

Related terms

• stabilīmen
• stabilīmentum
• stabilītor
• stō

Descendants

• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italian: stabile
• Old Occitan: estable
  • Catalan: estable
  • Occitan: estable
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian: stabil
  • Romansch: stabil, stabel
• Venetian: stabiłe
• West Iberian
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: estable
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: estavel
    • Galician: estable, estábel
    • Portuguese: estável
  • Old Spanish: estable
    • Spanish: estable
• → Bulgarian: стабилен (stabilen)
• → Czech: stabilní
• → Danish: stabil
• → English: stabile
• → Estonian: stabiilne
• → French: stable
  • → Turkish: stabil
• → German: stabil
  • → Hungarian: stabil
• → Macedonian: стабилен (stabilen)
• → Norwegian: stabil
• → Old French: estable
  • Middle French: estable
  • Anglo-Norman: stable, stabel
    • → Middle English: stable
      • English: stable
      • Scots: stable
• → Polish: stabilny
• → Romanian: stabil
• → Russian: стабильный (stabilʹnyj)
• → Slovak: stabilný
• → Swedish: stabil

References

• “stabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “stabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.