honorabilis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin honor

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin honōrō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Latin honōrābilis

From honōrō + -ābilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hɔ.noːˈraː.bɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.noˈraː.bi.lis]

Adjective

honōrābilis (neuter honōrābile, comparative honōrābilior); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. honourable

   Synonym: pulcher

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	honōrābilis	honōrābile		honōrābilēs	honōrābilia
genitive	honōrābilis			honōrābilium
dative	honōrābilī			honōrābilibus
accusative	honōrābilem	honōrābile		honōrābilīs honōrābilēs	honōrābilia
ablative	honōrābilī			honōrābilibus
vocative	honōrābilis	honōrābile		honōrābilēs	honōrābilia

Descendants

• Catalan: honorable
• English: honourable, honorable
• Galician: honorable
• Italian: onorabile
• Old French: enorable
• Portuguese: honorável
• Romanian: onorabil
• Spanish: honorable

References

• “honorabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “honorabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "honorabilis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “honorabilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.