flexibilis
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /flekˈsi.bi.lis/, [fɫɛkˈsɪ.bɪ.lɪs]
Adjective
flexibilis (neuter flexibile); third declension
- flexible, pliant, able to be bent
- (of persons) tractable, pliant
- (of persons, pejorative) fickle, wavering, inconstant
- (grammar) inflectable
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | flexibilis | flexibile | flexibilēs | flexibilia | |
| genitive | flexibilis | flexibilium | |||
| dative | flexibilī | flexibilibus | |||
| accusative | flexibilem | flexibile | flexibilēs, flexibilīs | flexibilia | |
| ablative | flexibilī | flexibilibus | |||
| vocative | flexibilis | flexibile | flexibilēs | flexibilia | |
Synonyms
- (flexible): flexilis
Antonyms
- (grammar): inflexibilis
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- English: flexible
- Italian: flessibile
References
- flexibilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- flexibilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- flexibilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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