LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

versātilis

versātilis (neuter versātile)
Classical[wɛrˈsaː.tɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[verˈsaː.ti.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationthat turns or moves around, revolving, movable
  2. figurativelytwo terminationversatile

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeversātilisversātilisversātile
genitiveversātilisversātilisversātilis
dativeversātilīversātilīversātilī
accusativeversātilemversātilemversātile
ablativeversātilīversātilīversātilī
vocativeversātilisversātilisversātile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeversātilēsversātilēsversātilia
genitiveversātiliumversātiliumversātilium
dativeversātilibusversātilibusversātilibus
accusativeversātilīs
versātilēs		versātilīs
versātilēs		versātilia
ablativeversātilibusversātilibusversātilibus
vocativeversātilēsversātilēsversātilia

versātĭlis, e, adj. id.,
I. that turns or moves round, revolving, movable (not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: templum mundi, Lucr. 5, 1436: laquearia cenationum, Sen. Ep. 90, 15: tabulae, Suet. Ner. 31: triclinia, Lampr. Heliog. 21: molae, Plin. 36, 18, 29, § 135: acies, Curt. 4, 13, 32.—
II. Trop., versatile: ingenium, Liv 39, 40, 5.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilis Latin versātilis From versātus + -ilis. Compare typologically Russian оборо́тистый (oborótistyj) (akin to верте́ть (vertétʹ), cognate via Proto-Indo-European *wert-).

Descendants
  • Catalanversàtil
  • Englishversatile
  • Frenchversatile
  • Romanianversatilfrom French versatile
  • Germanversatil
  • Italianversatile
  • Portugueseversátil
  • Spanishversátil
  • Galicianversátil

In English words that came into English from versātilis

  • versatileversātilis

Quick answers

What does versātilis mean in Latin?
versātilis, a adjective, means “that turns or moves around, revolving, movable; versatile”.
How do you pronounce versātilis?
In classical Latin, [wɛrˈsaː.tɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [verˈsaː.ti.lis].