LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

optābilis

optābilis (neuter optābile, comparative optābilior)
Classical[ɔpˈtaː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[opˈtaː.bi.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationdesirable

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeoptābilisoptābilisoptābile
genitiveoptābilisoptābilisoptābilis
dativeoptābilīoptābilīoptābilī
accusativeoptābilemoptābilemoptābile
ablativeoptābilīoptābilīoptābilī
vocativeoptābilisoptābilisoptābile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeoptābilēsoptābilēsoptābilia
genitiveoptābiliumoptābiliumoptābilium
dativeoptābilibusoptābilibusoptābilibus
accusativeoptābilīs
optābilēs		optābilīs
optābilēs		optābilia
ablativeoptābilibusoptābilibusoptābilibus
vocativeoptābilēsoptābilēsoptābilia

optābĭlis, e, adj. opto,
I. to be wished for, desirable (class.): quae expetenda atque optabilia videntur, Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 221: mihi pax imprimis fuit optabilis, id. Phil. 7, 3, 7: tempus, Ov. M. 9, 758: quae ut concurrant omnia, optabile est, Cic. Off. 1, 14, 33.—Comp.: bono viro optabilius, Cic. Pis. 14, 33.—Sup. seems not to occur.— Adv.: optābĭlĭter, desirably (post-class.). —Comp. optabilius, Val. Max. 5, 1, 6 ext.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*opeō
  2. Proto-Italic*optos
  3. Latinoptābilis

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin optāre, optō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin optābilis From optāre, optō + -bilis.

In English words that came into English from optābilis

  • optableoptābilis

Quick answers

What does optābilis mean in Latin?
optābilis, a adjective, means “desirable”.
How do you pronounce optābilis?
In classical Latin, [ɔpˈtaː.bɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [opˈtaː.bi.lis].
Where does optābilis come from?
Proto-Italic *opeō → Proto-Italic *optos → Latin optābilis.