LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

vegetābilis

vegetābilis (neuter vegetābile)
Classical[wɛ.ɡɛˈtaː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[ve.d͡ʒeˈtaː.bi.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationanimating, enlivening, vivifying
  2. two terminationable to produce and support growth, vegetative

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevegetābilisvegetābilisvegetābile
genitivevegetābilisvegetābilisvegetābilis
dativevegetābilīvegetābilīvegetābilī
accusativevegetābilemvegetābilemvegetābile
ablativevegetābilīvegetābilīvegetābilī
vocativevegetābilisvegetābilisvegetābile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevegetābilēsvegetābilēsvegetābilia
genitivevegetābiliumvegetābiliumvegetābilium
dativevegetābilibusvegetābilibusvegetābilibus
accusativevegetābilīs
vegetābilēs		vegetābilīs
vegetābilēs		vegetābilia
ablativevegetābilibusvegetābilibusvegetābilibus
vocativevegetābilēsvegetābilēsvegetābilia

vĕgĕtābĭlis, e, adj. vegeto,
I. animating, enlivening (post-class.): flabra Favonii, Mart. Cap. 6, § 694: quaedam radix, Amm. 22, 8, 28.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*weg-o-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*weǵ-
  3. Latinvegetābilis

Proto-Indo-European *woǵéyetider. Proto-Italic *wogeōder.? Latin vegeō Latin vegetus Latin vegetāre, vegetō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin vegetābilis From vegetāre, vegetō (“to animate, to quicken”) + -bilis.

Descendants
  • Italianvegetabile
  • Englishvegetablefrom Old French vegetable

In English words that came into English from vegetābilis

  • vegetablevegetābilis

Quick answers

What does vegetābilis mean in Latin?
vegetābilis, a adjective, means “animating, enlivening, vivifying; able to produce and support growth, vegetative”.
How do you pronounce vegetābilis?
In classical Latin, [wɛ.ɡɛˈtaː.bɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ve.d͡ʒeˈtaː.bi.lis].
Where does vegetābilis come from?
Proto-Italic *weg-o-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- → Latin vegetābilis.