capabilis

Latin

Etymology

From capiō (“to hold, to contain, to take, to understand”) +‎ -ābilis (“-able”).

Adjective

capābilis (neuter capābile); third-declension two-termination adjective (Late Latin)

1. (Late Latin) comprehensible
2. (Late Latin) intelligent
3. (Medieval Latin) capable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	capābilis	capābile		capābilēs	capābilia
Genitive	capābilis			capābilium
Dative	capābilī			capābilibus
Accusative	capābilem	capābile		capābilēs capābilīs	capābilia
Ablative	capābilī			capābilibus
Vocative	capābilis	capābile		capābilēs	capābilia

Descendants

• → English: capable
• → French: capable
  • → Louisiana Creole: capabe
  • → Haitian Creole: kapab
  • → Romanian: capabil
• → Norman: capabl'ye

References

• “capabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• capabilis 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)
• capabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.