volatilis

Latin

Etymology

From volo (“I fly”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /woˈlaː.ti.lis/, [wɔˈɫ̪aː.t̪ɪ.l̪ɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /voˈla.ti.lis/, [vɔˈlaː.t̪i.lis]

Adjective

volātilis (neuter volātile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. flying, winged
2. swift, rapid
3. fleeting, transitory
4. volatile

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	volātilis	volātile		volātilēs	volātilia
Genitive	volātilis			volātilium
Dative	volātilī			volātilibus
Accusative	volātilem	volātile		volātilēs volātilīs	volātilia
Ablative	volātilī			volātilibus
Vocative	volātilis	volātile		volātilēs	volātilia

Derived terms

• follis volātilis (New Latin)
• pila volātilis arēnōsa (New Latin)

Descendants

• Catalan: volàtil
• French: volatil
• Galician: volátil
• Italian: volatile
• Occitan: volatil
• Portuguese: volátil
• Spanish: volátil

References

• volatilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• volatilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• volatilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• volatilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette