arabilis

Latin

Etymology

From arō, arāre (“plow”, verb) +‎ -bilis (“able to be”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈra.bi.lis/, [äˈräbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈra.bi.lis/, [äˈräːbilis]

Adjective

arābilis (neuter arābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. arable: able to be plowed, able to be farmed; capable of growing crops

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	arābilis	arābile		arābilēs	arābilia
Genitive	arābilis			arābilium
Dative	arābilī			arābilibus
Accusative	arābilem	arābile		arābilēs arābilīs	arābilia
Ablative	arābilī			arābilibus
Vocative	arābilis	arābile		arābilēs	arābilia

Descendants

• Catalan: arable
• English: arable
• French: arable
• Galician: arable
• Italian: arabile
• Portuguese: arável
• Romanian: arabil
• Spanish: arable

References

• “arabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arabilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• arabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.