LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

expūgnābilis

expūgnābilis (neuter expūgnābile)
Classical[ɛk.spuːŋˈnaː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[ek.spuɲˈɲaː.bi.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationable to be taken by storm, expugnable

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeexpūgnābilisexpūgnābilisexpūgnābile
genitiveexpūgnābilisexpūgnābilisexpūgnābilis
dativeexpūgnābilīexpūgnābilīexpūgnābilī
accusativeexpūgnābilemexpūgnābilemexpūgnābile
ablativeexpūgnābilīexpūgnābilīexpūgnābilī
vocativeexpūgnābilisexpūgnābilisexpūgnābile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeexpūgnābilēsexpūgnābilēsexpūgnābilia
genitiveexpūgnābiliumexpūgnābiliumexpūgnābilium
dativeexpūgnābilibusexpūgnābilibusexpūgnābilibus
accusativeexpūgnābilīs
expūgnābilēs		expūgnābilīs
expūgnābilēs		expūgnābilia
ablativeexpūgnābilibusexpūgnābilibusexpūgnābilibus
vocativeexpūgnābilēsexpūgnābilēsexpūgnābilia

ex-pugnābĭlis, e, adj. expugno,
I. that may be taken, carried, or reduced by assault; expugnable (very rare): urbs terra marique expugnabilis est, Liv. 33, 17, 8: ne magnis quidem exercitibus, Tac. H. 3, 78: situ non expugnabile robur, Stat. Th. 6, 103: fluvius, i. e. exhaustible, id. ib. 4, 836.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin expūgnābilis From expūgnō (“to take by storm”) + -bilis.

In English words that came into English from expūgnābilis

  • expugnableexpūgnābilis

Quick answers

What does expūgnābilis mean in Latin?
expūgnābilis, a adjective, means “able to be taken by storm, expugnable”.
How do you pronounce expūgnābilis?
In classical Latin, [ɛk.spuːŋˈnaː.bɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ek.spuɲˈɲaː.bi.lis].