LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

inviolābilis

inviolābilis (neuter inviolābile)
Classical[ɪn.wi.ɔˈɫaː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[iɱ.vi.oˈlaː.bi.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationinviolable, untouchable
    inviolābilis flammīsuntouchable by flames

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Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinviolābilisinviolābilisinviolābile
genitiveinviolābilisinviolābilisinviolābilis
dativeinviolābilīinviolābilīinviolābilī
accusativeinviolābileminviolābileminviolābile
ablativeinviolābilīinviolābilīinviolābilī
vocativeinviolābilisinviolābilisinviolābile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinviolābilēsinviolābilēsinviolābilia
genitiveinviolābiliuminviolābiliuminviolābilium
dativeinviolābilibusinviolābilibusinviolābilibus
accusativeinviolābilīs
inviolābilēs		inviolābilīs
inviolābilēs		inviolābilia
ablativeinviolābilibusinviolābilibusinviolābilibus
vocativeinviolābilēsinviolābilēsinviolābilia

in-vĭŏlābĭlis, e, adj.,
I. invulnerable, imperishable (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): inviolabile telis servabant sacrumque caput, Sil. 16, 16: inviolabilia haec ne credas forte vigere, Lucr. 5, 305: elementum, App. Mund. 1, p. 57: quia non laniabatur (Mariccus), stolidum vulgus inviolabilem credebat, invulnerable, Tac. H. 2, 61.—
II. Inviolable, hallowed: uti Dianae Leucophrynae perfugium inviolabile foret, Tac. A. 3, 62: lex, Cod. Th. 6, 4, 18: comitum concilium, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 242 al. — Adv.: invĭŏlābĭlĭter, inviolably, Cod. 2, 17, 1; Boeëth. Consol. 3 Pros. 10.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latininviolābilis

Latin violābilis Latin inviolābilis From in- (“un-”) + violābilis.

Descendants
  • Frenchinviolable
  • Englishinviolablefrom French inviolable
  • Italianinviolabile
  • Portugueseinviolável
  • Spanishinviolable

In English words that came into English from inviolābilis

  • inviolableinviolābilis

Quick answers

What does inviolābilis mean in Latin?
inviolābilis, a adjective, means “inviolable, untouchable”.
How do you pronounce inviolābilis?
In classical Latin, [ɪn.wi.ɔˈɫaː.bɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iɱ.vi.oˈlaː.bi.lis].
Where does inviolābilis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin inviolābilis.