intestabilis
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom in- + testor (“to testify”) + -bilis, or in- + testābilis (“having a right to testify”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /in.tesˈtaː.bi.lis/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛs̠ˈt̪äːbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.tesˈta.bi.lis/, [in̪t̪esˈt̪äːbilis]
Adjective
editintestābilis (neuter intestābile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (literally) incapable of being a witness (by reason of misconduct)
- infamous, detestable, abominable
Declension
editThird-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | intestābilis | intestābile | intestābilēs | intestābilia | |
Genitive | intestābilis | intestābilium | |||
Dative | intestābilī | intestābilibus | |||
Accusative | intestābilem | intestābile | intestābilēs intestābilīs |
intestābilia | |
Ablative | intestābilī | intestābilibus | |||
Vocative | intestābilis | intestābile | intestābilēs | intestābilia |
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “intestabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “intestabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers