exilis

See also: ekzilis

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Noun

exilis

1. plural of exili

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from ex- + īle.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsiː.lis/, [ɛkˈs̠iːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsi.lis/, [eɡˈziːlis]

Adjective

exīlis (neuter exīle, comparative exīlior, adverb exīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. small, thin, slender
2. lank, meagre, feeble, inadequate
3. (phonology) of the sound l, palatalized

   Antonym: pinguis

Usage notes

The superlative does not occur.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	exīlis	exīle		exīlēs	exīlia
Genitive	exīlis			exīlium
Dative	exīlī			exīlibus
Accusative	exīlem	exīle		exīlēs exīlīs	exīlia
Ablative	exīlī			exīlibus
Vocative	exīlis	exīle		exīlēs	exīlia

Derived terms

• exīlitās

Descendants

• Italian: esile
• Piedmontese: ésil
• Portuguese: exile, exil

Verb

exilīs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of exiliō

References

• “exilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) the dry, lifeless style: oratio exilis, ieiuna, arida, exsanguis