compassibilis

Latin

Alternative forms

• compatibilis

Etymology

From compatior (“have compassion”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.pasˈsi.bi.lis/, [kɔmpäs̠ˈs̠ɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.pasˈsi.bi.lis/, [kompäsˈsiːbilis]

Adjective

compassibilis (neuter compassibile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Suffering with one.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	compassibilis	compassibile		compassibilēs	compassibilia
Genitive	compassibilis			compassibilium
Dative	compassibilī			compassibilibus
Accusative	compassibilem	compassibile		compassibilēs compassibilīs	compassibilia
Ablative	compassibilī			compassibilibus
Vocative	compassibilis	compassibile		compassibilēs	compassibilia

Related terms

• compassiō
• compatior

Descendants

• French: compassible
• Spanish: compasible

References

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