facilis

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Verb

facilis

1. past of facili

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fakelis, from earlier *θakelis. Equivalent to faciō (“do, make”) +‎ -ilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ki.lis/, [ˈfäkɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.t͡ʃi.lis/, [ˈfäːt͡ʃilis]

Adjective

facilis (neuter facile, comparative facilior, superlative facillimus, adverb facile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. that may or can be done or made
2. easy, facile

   Synonym: prōmptus

   Antonym: difficilis

3. ready, quick, easily moving

   Synonyms: rapidus, celer, vēlōx, properus, levis, prōmptus

   Antonyms: lentus, tardus, sērus

4. good-natured, agreeable
5. courteous
6. sociable, affable

   Synonyms: affābilis, amīcābilis, benevolēns

   Antonyms: inimīcus, hostīlis, īnfestus, īnfēnsus, oblīquus, adversus, dīversus, āversus, inīquus

7. compliant, willing, yielding

   Synonyms: obsequēns, obsequiōsus, oboediēns

   Antonyms: sēditiōsus, tumultuōsus, turbulentus, obstinātus, difficilis

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	facilis	facile		facilēs	facilia
Genitive	facilis			facilium
Dative	facilī			facilibus
Accusative	facilem	facile		facilēs facilīs	facilia
Ablative	facilī			facilibus
Vocative	facilis	facile		facilēs	facilia

• comparative: facilior, superlative: facillimus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “easy”): difficilis

Derived terms

• difficilis
• facile
• facilitās
• faciliter
• facul
• facultās
• perfacilis

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: fàcil
• → Dalmatian: fázil
• → Middle French: facile
  • French: facile
  • → English: facile
• → Friulian: facil
• → Galician: fácil
• → Italian: facile
• Lombard: fazzil
• → Piedmontese: facil
• → Portuguese: fácil
• → Romanian: facil
• → Spanish: fácil

References

• “făcĭlis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “facilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• facilis 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)
• facilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have an appreciative audience: populum facilem, aequum habere
    
  • to be a ready, fluent speaker: facilem et expeditum esse ad dicendum (Brut. 48. 180)
    
  • a sociable, affable disposition: facilitas, faciles mores (De Am. 3. 11)
    
• facilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016