amicabilis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *h₃émh₃ti

Proto-Italic *amō

Latin amō

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -īcus

Latin amīcus

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Latin amīcābilis

From amīcus + -ābilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.miːˈkaː.bɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.miˈkaː.bi.lis]

Adjective

amīcābilis (neuter amīcābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (rare, Late Latin) friendly, capable of being friendly

   Synonyms: affābilis, facilis, benevolēns

   Antonyms: inimīcus, hostīlis, īnfestus, īnfēnsus, oblīquus, adversus, dīversus, āversus, inīquus

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	amīcābilis	amīcābile		amīcābilēs	amīcābilia
genitive	amīcābilis			amīcābilium
dative	amīcābilī			amīcābilibus
accusative	amīcābilem	amīcābile		amīcābilīs amīcābilēs	amīcābilia
ablative	amīcābilī			amīcābilibus
vocative	amīcābilis	amīcābile		amīcābilēs	amīcābilia

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “friendly”): hostificus

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: amichevole
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: amigable, amiguévol
  • Franco-Provençal: amiâblo
  • Old French: amiable (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: amigable
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Galician: amigábel
    • Portuguese: amigável
  • Spanish: amigable
    • → Galician: amigable
• Borrowings:
  • → English: amicable
  • → Italian: amicabile
  • → Romanian: amicabil

References

• “amicabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amicabilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.