fragilis

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *fragelis. Equivalent to frangō (“break, shatter”) +‎ -ilis (“-ile”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfra.ɡɪ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfraː.d͡ʒi.lis] === Adjective === fragilis (neuter fragile, comparative fragilior); third-declension two-termination adjective fragile, brittle, easily broken, breakable (figuratively) weak, frail, flimsy, perishable ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== fragilitās īnfragilis ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “fragilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fragilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “fragilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.