adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
ineffābilis
ineffābilis (neuter ineffābile)
Classical[ɪ.nɛfˈfaː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[i.nefˈfaː.bi.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationunutterable, unpronounceable
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ineffābilis | ineffābilis | ineffābile |
| genitive | ineffābilis | ineffābilis | ineffābilis |
| dative | ineffābilī | ineffābilī | ineffābilī |
| accusative | ineffābilem | ineffābilem | ineffābile |
| ablative | ineffābilī | ineffābilī | ineffābilī |
| vocative | ineffābilis | ineffābilis | ineffābile |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ineffābilēs | ineffābilēs | ineffābilia |
| genitive | ineffābilium | ineffābilium | ineffābilium |
| dative | ineffābilibus | ineffābilibus | ineffābilibus |
| accusative | ineffābilīs ineffābilēs | ineffābilīs ineffābilēs | ineffābilia |
| ablative | ineffābilibus | ineffābilibus | ineffābilibus |
| vocative | ineffābilēs | ineffābilēs | ineffābilia |
ĭn-effābĭlis, e, adj.,
I. unutterable, unpronounceable (Plinian):
nomina, Plin. 5 praef. § 1: verba, id. 28, 2, 4, § 20.— Adv.: ĭneffābĭlĭter, unutterably, ineffably (late Lat.): Deus ineffabiliter artifex, Aug. Enchir. 89.Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinineffābilis
Latin effābilis Latin ineffābilis From in- (“not”) + effābilis (“utterable”).
Descendants
- Englishineffable
- Frenchineffable
- Italianineffabile
- Portugueseinefável
- Spanishinefable
- Romanianinefabil
In English words that came into English from ineffābilis
- ineffableineffābilis