LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

capābilis

capābilis (neuter capābile)

Meaning

  1. Late Latintwo terminationcomprehensible
  2. Late Latintwo terminationintelligent
  3. Late LatinMedieval Latintwo terminationcapable

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecapābiliscapābiliscapābile
genitivecapābiliscapābiliscapābilis
dativecapābilīcapābilīcapābilī
accusativecapābilemcapābilemcapābile
ablativecapābilīcapābilīcapābilī
vocativecapābiliscapābiliscapābile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecapābilēscapābilēscapābilia
genitivecapābiliumcapābiliumcapābilium
dativecapābilibuscapābilibuscapābilibus
accusativecapābilīs
capābilēs		capābilīs
capābilēs		capābilia
ablativecapābilibuscapābilibuscapābilibus
vocativecapābilēscapābilēscapābilia

căpābĭlis, e, adj. capio, = capax (late Lat.):
I. infirmitatis capabilis (Dei virtus), Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 1, 14: malitiae capabilis, id. ib. 1, 14.—
II. Pass., comprehensible, Aug. contr. Maxim. 2, 9.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  3. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  4. Archaic Latinkapiō
  5. Latincapābilis

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Latin capābilis From capiō (“to hold, to contain, to take, to understand”) + -ābilis (“-able”).

Descendants
  • Englishcapable
  • Frenchcapable
  • Romaniancapabilfrom French capable
  • Louisiana Creolecapabefrom French capable
  • Haitian Creolekapabfrom French capable
  • Mauritian Creolekapavfrom French capable
  • Normancapabl'ye

Quick answers

What does capābilis mean in Latin?
capābilis, a adjective, means “comprehensible; intelligent; capable”.
Where does capābilis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kap- → Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti → Proto-Italic *kapjō → Archaic Latin kapiō → Latin capābilis.