friabilis

Latin

Etymology

From friāre, friō (“to crumble”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /friˈaː.bi.lis/, [friˈäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /friˈa.bi.lis/, [friˈäːbilis]

Adjective

friābilis (neuter friābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. friable, easily crumbled or broken into pieces

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	friābilis	friābile		friābilēs	friābilia
Genitive	friābilis			friābilium
Dative	friābilī			friābilibus
Accusative	friābilem	friābile		friābilēs friābilīs	friābilia
Ablative	friābilī			friābilibus
Vocative	friābilis	friābile		friābilēs	friābilia

Related terms

• friō

Descendants

• English: friable
• French: friable
• Italian: friabile
• Norman: friabl'ye
• → Portuguese: friável

References

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