LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

contemplābilis

contemplābilis (neuter contemplābile, adverb contemplābiliter)
Classical[kɔn.tɛmˈpɫaː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[kon.temˈplaː.bi.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationaiming, taking aim

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecontemplābiliscontemplābiliscontemplābile
genitivecontemplābiliscontemplābiliscontemplābilis
dativecontemplābilīcontemplābilīcontemplābilī
accusativecontemplābilemcontemplābilemcontemplābile
ablativecontemplābilīcontemplābilīcontemplābilī
vocativecontemplābiliscontemplābiliscontemplābile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecontemplābilēscontemplābilēscontemplābilia
genitivecontemplābiliumcontemplābiliumcontemplābilium
dativecontemplābilibuscontemplābilibuscontemplābilibus
accusativecontemplābilīs
contemplābilēs
contemplābilīs
contemplābilēs
contemplābilia
ablativecontemplābilibuscontemplābilibuscontemplābilibus
vocativecontemplābilēscontemplābilēscontemplābilia

contemplābĭlis, e, adj. contemplor,
I. aiming, taking aim (only in Amm.): dextera, Amm. 30, 5, 16: artifex, id. 23, 4, 2.— * Adv.: contemplābĭlĭter: ferire aliquid, taking aim, Amm. 20, 7, 9.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincontemplābilis

Latin templum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin contemplor Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin contemplābilis From contemplor (“observe, note”) + -bilis (“-able”).

Quick answers

What does contemplābilis mean in Latin?
contemplābilis, a adjective, means “aiming, taking aim”.
How do you pronounce contemplābilis?
In classical Latin, [kɔn.tɛmˈpɫaː.bɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kon.temˈplaː.bi.lis].
Where does contemplābilis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin contemplābilis.