comprehensibilis

Latin

Alternative forms

• comprehendibilis
• conprehensibilis

Etymology

From comprehendō (“seize, apprehend; perceive, observe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.pre.henˈsi.bi.lis/, [kɔmpre(ɦ)ẽːˈs̠ɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.pre.enˈsi.bi.lis/, [kompreːnˈsiːbilis]

Adjective

comprehēnsibilis (neuter comprehēnsibile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. That can be seized or laid hold of.
2. (of the senses) perceptible, evident
3. (to the mind) perceptible, conceivable, intelligible, graspable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	comprehēnsibilis	comprehēnsibile		comprehēnsibilēs	comprehēnsibilia
Genitive	comprehēnsibilis			comprehēnsibilium
Dative	comprehēnsibilī			comprehēnsibilibus
Accusative	comprehēnsibilem	comprehēnsibile		comprehēnsibilēs comprehēnsibilīs	comprehēnsibilia
Ablative	comprehēnsibilī			comprehēnsibilibus
Vocative	comprehēnsibilis	comprehēnsibile		comprehēnsibilēs	comprehēnsibilia

Synonyms

• (conceivable): comprehensīvus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “inconceivable”): incomprehensibilis

Related terms

• comprehendō
• comprehensiō
• comprehensīvus
• comprehensō

Descendants

• Catalan: comprensible
• English: comprehensible
• French: compréhensible
• Italian: comprensibile
• Portuguese: compreensível
• Romanian: comprehensibil
• Spanish: comprensible

References

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