LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

vīsibilis

vīsibilis (neuter vīsibile, adverb vīsibiliter)
Classical[wiːˈsɪ.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[viˈs̬iː.bi.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationthat may be seen, visible
  2. two terminationthat can see, seeing

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevīsibilisvīsibilisvīsibile
genitivevīsibilisvīsibilisvīsibilis
dativevīsibilīvīsibilīvīsibilī
accusativevīsibilemvīsibilemvīsibile
ablativevīsibilīvīsibilīvīsibilī
vocativevīsibilisvīsibilisvīsibile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevīsibilēsvīsibilēsvīsibilia
genitivevīsibiliumvīsibiliumvīsibilium
dativevīsibilibusvīsibilibusvīsibilibus
accusativevīsibilīs
vīsibilēs		vīsibilīs
vīsibilēs		vīsibilia
ablativevīsibilibusvīsibilibusvīsibilibus
vocativevīsibilēsvīsibilēsvīsibilia

vīsĭbĭlis, e, adj. video.
I. Pass., that may be seen, visible (late Lat. for adspectabilis): exhalationes tenues vixque visibiles, App. de Mundo, p. 60, 37; id. de Deo Socr. p. 42, 22: deus, Prud. Apoth. 146: gloria, id. Cath. 5, 158.—*
II. Act., that can see, seeing: pars animi, Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 146.— Adv.: vīsĭbĭlĭter (acc. to I.), visibly, Paul. Nol. Ep. 20.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*widéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*widēō
  4. Latinvīsibilis

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin vīsibilis From videō (“see”) + -bilis.

Descendants
  • Catalanvisible
  • Englishvisible
  • Frenchvisible
  • Italianvisibile
  • Romanianvizibil
  • Portuguesevisível
  • Spanishvisible
  • Piedmontesevisibil

In English words that came into English from vīsibilis

  • invisibleinvīsibilis
  • visiblevīsibilis
  • visibilityvisibilitas
  • invisibilityinvisibilitas

Quick answers

What does vīsibilis mean in Latin?
vīsibilis, a adjective, means “that may be seen, visible; that can see, seeing”.
How do you pronounce vīsibilis?
In classical Latin, [wiːˈsɪ.bɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [viˈs̬iː.bi.lis].
Where does vīsibilis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- → Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti → Proto-Italic *widēō → Latin vīsibilis.
Which English words come from vīsibilis?
English words that go back to Latin vīsibilis include visible, invisible, visibility and invisibility.