subtilis

Latin

Etymology

From sub + tēla (“a web”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /supˈtiː.lis/, [sʊpˈtiː.lɪs]

Adjective

subtīlis (neuter subtīle, comparative subtīlior, superlative subtīlissimus); third declension

  1. fine, thin, slender
  2. precise, accurate, keen
  3. (of speech) plain, unadorned, simple
  4. (New Latin) Used as a species epithet.

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative subtīlis subtīle subtīlēs subtīlia
genitive subtīlis subtīlium
dative subtīlī subtīlibus
accusative subtīlem subtīle subtīlēs, subtīlīs subtīlia
ablative subtīlī subtīlibus
vocative subtīlis subtīle subtīlēs subtīlia

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • subtilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • subtilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • subtilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • subtilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • sound knowledge; scholarship: doctrina exquisita, subtilis, elegans
    • good taste; delicate perception: iudicium subtile, elegans, exquisitum, intellegens
    • the plain style: verborum tenuitias, oratio subtilis
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