-bilis

bilis bílis Latin Etymology la est :inh itc-pro:*-ðlis<id:est> 1 la itc-pro *-ðlis. Pronunciation -bilis stressed on the antepenult Suffix -bilis -bilior -bilissimus -(a)ble; used to form an adjective, usually from a verb, indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon. Usage notes The suffix la -bilis is added to a verb to form an adjectival noun of relationship to that verb. Examples: la stabilis stable, from la stō to stand la amābilis lovely, worthy of love, from la amō to love Sometimes it is added to the verb's perfect past participle stem (this should not be confused with derivatives of first-declension frequentative verbs, which have stems ending in la -tā-). Examples: la contemnō to scorn, despise contemptibilis contemptible la flectō to bend, curve flexibilis flexible, pliant, tractable la videō to see vīsibilis visible In a few cases, it becomes la -ilis by haplology after a stem that ends in the consonant la -b- (if these are not examples of the etymologically distinct suffix la -ilis): la habilis handy, skillful, from la habeō to have (with haplology, for la *habibilis) la nūbilis marriageable, from la nūbō to marry (with haplology, for la *nūbibilis) Declension -bilis Derived terms la la -ābilis la -ibilis Descendants ca -able -ible -évol en -able -ible eo -ebla ebla fr -able -ible ia -bile it -abile -ibile -evole gl -able -ible -ábel -íbel pt -ável -ível ro -abil -ibil scn -àbbili es -able -ible See also la -ilis