permeabilis

Latin

Etymology

From permeāre, permeō (“to pass through”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /per.meˈaː.bi.lis/, [pɛrmeˈäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /per.meˈa.bi.lis/, [permeˈäːbilis]

Adjective

permeābilis (neuter permeābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. passable
2. permeable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	permeābilis	permeābile		permeābilēs	permeābilia
Genitive	permeābilis			permeābilium
Dative	permeābilī			permeābilibus
Accusative	permeābilem	permeābile		permeābilēs permeābilīs	permeābilia
Ablative	permeābilī			permeābilibus
Vocative	permeābilis	permeābile		permeābilēs	permeābilia

Derived terms

• impermeābilis

Descendants

• Catalan: permeable
• → English: permeable
• → French: perméable
• Italian: permeabile
• Portuguese: permeável
• Romanian: permeabil
• Spanish: permeable

References

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