LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

dēfectibilis

dēfectibilis (neuter dēfectibile)
Classical[deː.fɛkˈtɪ.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[de.fekˈtiː.bi.lis]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinraretwo terminationfallible (liable to fail)
    Cum ergō portāmus istam dēfectibilem īnfirmitātem […]Therefore, this is the fallible feebleness we carry […]354 CE – 430 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Sermones 320.11

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedēfectibilisdēfectibilisdēfectibile
genitivedēfectibilisdēfectibilisdēfectibilis
dativedēfectibilīdēfectibilīdēfectibilī
accusativedēfectibilemdēfectibilemdēfectibile
ablativedēfectibilīdēfectibilīdēfectibilī
vocativedēfectibilisdēfectibilisdēfectibile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedēfectibilēsdēfectibilēsdēfectibilia
genitivedēfectibiliumdēfectibiliumdēfectibilium
dativedēfectibilibusdēfectibilibusdēfectibilibus
accusativedēfectibilīs
dēfectibilēs		dēfectibilīs
dēfectibilēs		dēfectibilia
ablativedēfectibilibusdēfectibilibusdēfectibilibus
vocativedēfectibilēsdēfectibilēsdēfectibilia

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin dēfectibilis From dēficiō + -bilis (“-able, subject to”, adjectival suffix).

Descendants
  • Italiandefettibile

Quick answers

What does dēfectibilis mean in Latin?
dēfectibilis, a adjective, means “fallible (liable to fail)”.
How do you pronounce dēfectibilis?
In classical Latin, [deː.fɛkˈtɪ.bɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [de.fekˈtiː.bi.lis].