irritabilis

Latin

Etymology

From irrītō (“to excite, to irritate”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ir.riːˈtaː.bi.lis/, [ɪrːiːˈt̪äːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ir.riˈta.bi.lis/, [irːiˈt̪äːbilis]

Adjective

irrītābilis (neuter irrītābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. irritable, irascible, short-tempered
2. excitable, susceptible

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	irrītābilis	irrītābile		irrītābilēs	irrītābilia
Genitive	irrītābilis			irrītābilium
Dative	irrītābilī			irrītābilibus
Accusative	irrītābilem	irrītābile		irrītābilēs irrītābilīs	irrītābilia
Ablative	irrītābilī			irrītābilibus
Vocative	irrītābilis	irrītābile		irrītābilēs	irrītābilia

Descendants

• Catalan: irritable
• French: irritable
  • English: irritable
  • Romanian: iritabil
• Italian: irritabile
• Spanish: irritable
• Danish: irritabel
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: irritabel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: irritabel
• Swedish: irritabel

References

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