amabilis

== Latin == === Etymology === From amō (“to love”) + -bilis. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈmaː.bɪ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈmaː.bi.lis] === Adjective === amābilis (neuter amābile, comparative amābilior, adverb amābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective lovable, worthy of love lovely, attractive, pleasant ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== amābilitās amābiliter inamābilis ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: amable Galician: amable Istriot: amàbile Italian: amabile Old French: amable → Middle French: aimable, amable French: aimable→ English: aimable → Middle English: amable, amabully, amebill English: amable Portuguese: amável Romanian: amabil Spanish: amable → English: Amabel === References === “amabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “amabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “amabilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.