LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

palpābilis

palpābilis (neuter palpābile)
Classical[paɫˈpaː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[palˈpaː.bi.lis]

Meaning

  1. Late Latintwo terminationthat can be touched or felt, palpable
    corpus vero solidum atque palpabilethe body [of a thing] is indeed solid and palpable540 CE, Cassiodorus, De Anima "Formam animam non habere"

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepalpābilispalpābilispalpābile
genitivepalpābilispalpābilispalpābilis
dativepalpābilīpalpābilīpalpābilī
accusativepalpābilempalpābilempalpābile
ablativepalpābilīpalpābilīpalpābilī
vocativepalpābilispalpābilispalpābile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepalpābilēspalpābilēspalpābilia
genitivepalpābiliumpalpābiliumpalpābilium
dativepalpābilibuspalpābilibuspalpābilibus
accusativepalpābilīs
palpābilēs		palpābilīs
palpābilēs		palpābilia
ablativepalpābilibuspalpābilibuspalpābilibus
vocativepalpābilēspalpābilēspalpābilia

palpābĭlis, e, adj. 1. palpo,
I. that can be touched, that may be felt, palpable (late Lat.): tenebrae crassitudine palpabiles, Oros. 1, 10: tenebrae, Hier. in Isa. 10, 32, 14.

Origins

From palpāre, palpō (“to touch softly”) + -bilis.

Descendants
  • Catalanpalpable
  • Englishpalpable
  • Frenchpalpable
  • Italianpalpabile
  • Portuguesepalpável
  • Spanishpalpable
  • Galicianpalpable
  • Sicilianparpàbbili

In English words that came into English from palpābilis

  • palpablepalpābilis

Quick answers

What does palpābilis mean in Latin?
palpābilis, a adjective, means “that can be touched or felt, palpable”.
How do you pronounce palpābilis?
In classical Latin, [paɫˈpaː.bɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [palˈpaː.bi.lis].