LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

dūrābilis

dūrābilis (neuter dūrābile, adverb dūrābiliter)
Classical[duːˈraː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[duˈraː.bi.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationdurable, lasting

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedūrābilisdūrābilisdūrābile
genitivedūrābilisdūrābilisdūrābilis
dativedūrābilīdūrābilīdūrābilī
accusativedūrābilemdūrābilemdūrābile
ablativedūrābilīdūrābilīdūrābilī
vocativedūrābilisdūrābilisdūrābile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedūrābilēsdūrābilēsdūrābilia
genitivedūrābiliumdūrābiliumdūrābilium
dativedūrābilibusdūrābilibusdūrābilibus
accusativedūrābilīs
dūrābilēs		dūrābilīs
dūrābilēs		dūrābilia
ablativedūrābilibusdūrābilibusdūrābilibus
vocativedūrābilēsdūrābilēsdūrābilia

dūrābĭlis, e, adj. duro,
I. lasting, durable (rare; not ante-Aug.): quod caret alterna requie durabile non est, Ov. H. 4, 89; Col. 12, 38, 7; 12, 55, 1: vox, Quint. 11, 3, 23 al.—Comp.: durabilior materies, App. Mag. p. 314, 13.—Sup. does not occur.—Adv.: dūrābĭlĭter, in a lasting manner, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 1, 9.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dweh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dweh₂rós
  3. Proto-Italic*dūros
  4. Latindūrābilis

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 -ō Latin dūrāre, dūrō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin dūrābilis From dūrāre, dūrō (“to harden, make hard”) + -bilis.

Descendants
  • Catalandurable
  • Englishdurable
  • Frenchdurable
  • Germandurabel
  • Italiandurabile
  • Occitandurable
  • Portuguesedurável
  • Romaniandurabil
  • Spanishdurable
  • Asturiandurable

In English words that came into English from dūrābilis

  • durabledūrābilis
  • durabilitydūrābilitās

Quick answers

What does dūrābilis mean in Latin?
dūrābilis, a adjective, means “durable, lasting”.
How do you pronounce dūrābilis?
In classical Latin, [duːˈraː.bɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [duˈraː.bi.lis].
Where does dūrābilis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂rós → Proto-Italic *dūros → Latin dūrābilis.