LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

affābilis

affābilis (neuter affābile, adverb affābiliter)
Classical[afˈfaː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[afˈfaː.bi.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationthat can be easily spoken to or accessed; affable, courteous, kind, friendly

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeaffābilisaffābilisaffābile
genitiveaffābilisaffābilisaffābilis
dativeaffābilīaffābilīaffābilī
accusativeaffābilemaffābilemaffābile
ablativeaffābilīaffābilīaffābilī
vocativeaffābilisaffābilisaffābile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeaffābilēsaffābilēsaffābilia
genitiveaffābiliumaffābiliumaffābilium
dativeaffābilibusaffābilibusaffābilibus
accusativeaffābilīs
affābilēs		affābilīs
affābilēs		affābilia
ablativeaffābilibusaffābilibusaffābilibus
vocativeaffābilēsaffābilēsaffābilia

affābĭlis (better adf-), e, adj. adfari,
I. that can be easily spoken to, easy of access, courteous, affable, kind, friendly, Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 8: cum in omni sermone omnibus adfabilem esse se vellet, * Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113: adfabilis, blandus, Nep. Alcib. 1, 3: nec dictu adfabilis ulli, Verg. A. 3, 621 (cf. Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1: quem nec adfari queas): adfabilior, Sen. Ep. 79: adfabilem te facito, Vulg. Eccli. 4, 7.—Sup. prob. not used.— Adv.: adfābĭlĭter, courteously, kindly, Macr. S. 7, 2; Spart. ap. Carac. 3: adfabilissime, Gell. 16, 3.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinaffābilis

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti Proto-Italic *fāōr Latin for Latin affor, affārī Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin affābilis From affor, affārī (“speak to, address”) + -bilis.

Descendants
  • Catalanafable
  • Englishaffable
  • Frenchaffable
  • Italianaffabile
  • Portugueseafável
  • Spanishafable
  • Danishaffabel

Quick answers

What does affābilis mean in Latin?
affābilis, a adjective, means “that can be easily spoken to or accessed; affable, courteous, kind, friendly”.
How do you pronounce affābilis?
In classical Latin, [afˈfaː.bɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [afˈfaː.bi.lis].
Where does affābilis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin affābilis.