LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

sustinēbilis

sustinēbilis (neuter sustinēbile)
Classical[sʊs.tɪˈneː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[sus.tiˈnɛː.bi.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationsustainable
    Decennio tantum abhinc, anno MMXV, Pacta Parisiensia, Agenda MMXXX, Proposita Progressionis Sustinebilis (SDGs), et Schema Sendai ad Reductionem Periculi Calamitatum, omnia significabant scientiam internationalem et commoda globalia congruere videri.Just a decade ago, in 2015, the Paris Agreement, Agenda 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction all seemed to indicate that international science and global interests were aligned.2026 April 9, Peter Gluckman, Diplomatia scientifica: ab utopia ad pragmatismum, International Science Council, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2026:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesustinēbilissustinēbilissustinēbile
genitivesustinēbilissustinēbilissustinēbilis
dativesustinēbilīsustinēbilīsustinēbilī
accusativesustinēbilemsustinēbilemsustinēbile
ablativesustinēbilīsustinēbilīsustinēbilī
vocativesustinēbilissustinēbilissustinēbile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesustinēbilēssustinēbilēssustinēbilia
genitivesustinēbiliumsustinēbiliumsustinēbilium
dativesustinēbilibussustinēbilibussustinēbilibus
accusativesustinēbilīs
sustinēbilēs		sustinēbilīs
sustinēbilēs		sustinēbilia
ablativesustinēbilibussustinēbilibussustinēbilibus
vocativesustinēbilēssustinēbilēssustinēbilia

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsustinēbilis

Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin sustineō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin sustinēbilis By surface analysis, sustineō + -bilis.

Quick answers

What does sustinēbilis mean in Latin?
sustinēbilis, a adjective, means “sustainable”.
How do you pronounce sustinēbilis?
In classical Latin, [sʊs.tɪˈneː.bɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sus.tiˈnɛː.bi.lis].
Where does sustinēbilis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin sustinēbilis.