LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

comēstibilis

comēstibilis (neuter comēstibile)
Classical[kɔ.meːsˈtɪ.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[ko.mesˈtiː.bi.lis]

Meaning

  1. Late Latintwo terminationedible

cŏmestĭbĭlis, e, adj. id.,
I. eatable, Isid. Orig. 17, 7, 9.

Origins

From comedō (“to eat up”) + -bilis. The adjective was built using the perfect passive participle of comedō, which regularly is comēsum, but here appears in the variant comēstum.

Descendants
  • Catalancomestible
  • Englishcomestible
  • Frenchcomestible
  • Italiancommestibile
  • Occitancomestible
  • Romaniancomestibil
  • Spanishcomestible
  • Asturiancomestible
  • Irishcomestible
  • Liguriancomestìbile

In English words that came into English from comēstibilis

  • comestiblecomēstibilis

Quick answers

What does comēstibilis mean in Latin?
comēstibilis, a adjective, means “edible”.
How do you pronounce comēstibilis?
In classical Latin, [kɔ.meːsˈtɪ.bɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ko.mesˈtiː.bi.lis].