venerabilis

Latin

Etymology

From veneror (“I worship, revere”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯e.neˈraː.bi.lis/, [u̯ɛnɛˈräːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ve.neˈra.bi.lis/, [veneˈräːbilis]

Adjective

venerābilis (neuter venerābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. venerable, august

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	venerābilis	venerābile		venerābilēs	venerābilia
Genitive	venerābilis			venerābilium
Dative	venerābilī			venerābilibus
Accusative	venerābilem	venerābile		venerābilēs venerābilīs	venerābilia
Ablative	venerābilī			venerābilibus
Vocative	venerābilis	venerābile		venerābilēs	venerābilia

Descendants

• Catalan: venerable
• Italian: venerabile
• Portuguese: venerável
• Spanish: venerable

References

• “venerabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “venerabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• venerabilis 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)
• venerabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.