adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
flexibilis
flexibilis (neuter flexibile)
Classical[fɫɛkˈsɪ.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[fleɡˈziː.bi.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationflexible, pliant, able to be bent
- two terminationtractable, pliant
- derogatorytwo terminationfickle, wavering, inconstant
- two terminationinflectable
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
flexible
flexibilis -e — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | flexibilis | flexibilis | flexibile |
| genitive | flexibilis | flexibilis | flexibilis |
| dative | flexibilī | flexibilī | flexibilī |
| accusative | flexibilem | flexibilem | flexibile |
| ablative | flexibilī | flexibilī | flexibilī |
| vocative | flexibilis | flexibilis | flexibile |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | flexibilēs | flexibilēs | flexibilia |
| genitive | flexibilium | flexibilium | flexibilium |
| dative | flexibilibus | flexibilibus | flexibilibus |
| accusative | flexibilīs flexibilēs | flexibilīs flexibilēs | flexibilia |
| ablative | flexibilibus | flexibilibus | flexibilibus |
| vocative | flexibilēs | flexibilēs | flexibilia |
flexĭbĭlis, e, adj. flexus, from flecto,
I. that may be bent, pliant, flexible (class.; cf.: lentus, flexilis).
I. Lit.:
materiam rerum totam esse flexibilem et commutabilem, Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 92: arcus, Ov. Am. 3, 3, 29: (ulmus) ad currus flexibili vite, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 228.—II. Trop.
A. Pliant, flexible, tractable: genera vocis permulta: grave, acutum;
flexibile, durum, flexible, Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146; cf. oratio, id. Or. 16, 52: nihil tam flexibile, id. Brut. 79, 274: vox, Quint. 11, 3, 15; 40: nihil non flexibile ad bonitatem, Cic. Att. 10, 11, 1.—* B. In a bad sense, fickle, wavering, inconstant:
quid potest esse tam flexibile, tam devium, quam animus ejus, qui, etc., Cic. Lael. 25, 92.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
flexibilis e, adj.
FALC-, pliant, flexible, yielding : materia rerum: arcus, O.—Fig., pliant, flexible, tractable : genus vocis, easily modified : oratio: quid potest esse tam flexibile, inconstant .
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin flexibilis From flectō (“to bend, curve”) + -bilis.
Descendants
- Englishflexible
- Catalanflexible
- Frenchflexible
- Germanflexibel
- Italianflessibile
- Portugueseflexível
- Romanianflexibil
- Spanishflexible
- Asturianflexible
- Galicianflexible