instabilis

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ stabilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈsta.bi.lis/, [ĩːˈs̠t̪äbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈsta.bi.lis/, [inˈst̪äːbilis]

Adjective

īnstabilis (neuter īnstabile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. unsteady, unstable, shaky
2. inconstant, changeable, fickle

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	īnstabilis	īnstabile		īnstabilēs	īnstabilia
Genitive	īnstabilis			īnstabilium
Dative	īnstabilī			īnstabilibus
Accusative	īnstabilem	īnstabile		īnstabilēs īnstabilīs	īnstabilia
Ablative	īnstabilī			īnstabilibus
Vocative	īnstabilis	īnstabile		īnstabilēs	īnstabilia

Derived terms

• īnstabilitās

Descendants

• → French: instable (learned)
• → German: instabil (learned)
• → Italian: instabile (learned)

References

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