sensibilis

Latin

Etymology

From sentiō +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /senˈsi.bi.lis/, [s̠ẽːˈs̠ɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /senˈsi.bi.lis/, [senˈsiːbilis]

Adjective

sēnsibilis (neuter sēnsibile, adverb sēnsibiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. perceptible, sensible (that can be perceived by the senses)
2. detectable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	sēnsibilis	sēnsibile		sēnsibilēs	sēnsibilia
genitive	sēnsibilis			sēnsibilium
dative	sēnsibilī			sēnsibilibus
accusative	sēnsibilem	sēnsibile		sēnsibilēs sēnsibilīs	sēnsibilia
ablative	sēnsibilī			sēnsibilibus
vocative	sēnsibilis	sēnsibile		sēnsibilēs	sēnsibilia

Descendants

• Catalan: sensible
• French: sensible
• Galician: sensible, sensíbel
• → German: sensibel
• Italian: sensibile
• Portuguese: sensível
• Spanish: sensible

References

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