LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

arābilis

arābilis (neuter arābile)
Classical[aˈra.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[aˈraː.bi.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationarable: able to be plowed, able to be farmed; capable of growing crops

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativearābilisarābilisarābile
genitivearābilisarābilisarābilis
dativearābilīarābilīarābilī
accusativearābilemarābilemarābile
ablativearābilīarābilīarābilī
vocativearābilisarābilisarābile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativearābilēsarābilēsarābilia
genitivearābiliumarābiliumarābilium
dativearābilibusarābilibusarābilibus
accusativearābilīs
arābilēs		arābilīs
arābilēs		arābilia
ablativearābilibusarābilibusarābilibus
vocativearābilēsarābilēsarābilia

ărābĭlis, e, adj. aro,
I. that can be ploughed, arable: campus nullis arabilis tauris, Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 41.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éryeti
  3. Latinarābilis

Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trominflu. Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃yeti Proto-Italic *araō Latin arō, arāre Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin arābilis From arō, arāre (“plow”, verb) + -bilis (“able to be”).

Descendants
  • Catalanarable
  • Englisharable
  • Frencharable
  • Italianarabile
  • Portuguesearável
  • Romanianarabil
  • Spanisharable
  • Galicianarable

In English words that came into English from arābilis

  • arablearābilis

Quick answers

What does arābilis mean in Latin?
arābilis, a adjective, means “arable: able to be plowed, able to be farmed; capable of growing crops”.
How do you pronounce arābilis?
In classical Latin, [aˈra.bɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈraː.bi.lis].
Where does arābilis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti → Latin arābilis.