possibilis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *possiðlis. Related to possum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /posˈsi.bi.lis/, [pɔs̠ˈs̠ɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /posˈsi.bi.lis/, [posˈsiːbilis]

Adjective

possibilis (neuter possibile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. possible, that may exist, that may be done.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	possibilis	possibile		possibilēs	possibilia
Genitive	possibilis			possibilium
Dative	possibilī			possibilibus
Accusative	possibilem	possibile		possibilēs possibilīs	possibilia
Ablative	possibilī			possibilibus
Vocative	possibilis	possibile		possibilēs	possibilia

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Italian: possevole (obsolete, possibly an adapted borrowing)
  • Romansch: pusseivel, apussaivel
• Borrowed:
  • → Catalan: possible
  • → English: possible
  • → French: possible
    • → Romanian: posibil
  • → Galician: posíbel
  • → Italian: possibile
  • → Portuguese: possível
  • → Spanish: posible

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “possibilis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 239

Further reading

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