debilis

Latin

From dē- +‎ habilis. See the same contraction in dēbeō.
Others suggest from dē + Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“power, strength”). Compare Sanskrit बल (bala), Russian большой (bolʹšoj), Ancient Greek βελτίων (beltíōn, “better < stronger”).

dēbilis (neuter dēbile); third declension

weak, frail, feeble
- Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, Book II, Chapter IV
  Ita est utraque res sine altera debilis.
  Thus each is feeble without the other.
lame, disabled, crippled, infirm

Third declension.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
nominative	dēbilis	dēbile	dēbilēs	dēbilia
genitive	dēbilis		dēbilium
dative	dēbilī		dēbilibus
accusative	dēbilem	dēbile	dēbilēs	dēbilia
ablative	dēbilī		dēbilibus
vocative	dēbilis	dēbile	dēbilēs	dēbilia

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

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