praestabilis
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom praestō (“to excel”) + -bilis. No direct connection to stabilis, as exhibited by the ā.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /prae̯sˈtaː.bi.lis/, [präe̯s̠ˈt̪äːbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /presˈta.bi.lis/, [presˈt̪äːbilis]
Adjective
editpraestābilis (neuter praestābile, comparative praestābilior); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
editThird-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | praestābilis | praestābile | praestābilēs | praestābilia | |
Genitive | praestābilis | praestābilium | |||
Dative | praestābilī | praestābilibus | |||
Accusative | praestābilem | praestābile | praestābilēs praestābilīs |
praestābilia | |
Ablative | praestābilī | praestābilibus | |||
Vocative | praestābilis | praestābile | praestābilēs | praestābilia |
References
edit- “praestabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praestabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praestabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.