instabilis

instabilis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *ən-
Latin in-
Latin stabilis
Latin īnstabilis

    From in- + stabilis.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    īnstabilis (neuter īnstabile); third-declension two-termination adjective

    1. unsteady, unstable, shaky
    2. inconstant, changeable, fickle

    Declension

    Third-declension two-termination adjective.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
    nominative īnstabilis īnstabile īnstabilēs īnstabilia
    genitive īnstabilis īnstabilium
    dative īnstabilī īnstabilibus
    accusative īnstabilem īnstabile īnstabilīs
    īnstabilēs     		īnstabilia
    ablative īnstabilī īnstabilibus
    vocative īnstabilis īnstabile īnstabilēs īnstabilia

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → French: instable (learned)
    • → German: instabil (learned)
    • → Italian: instabile (learned)
    • Spanish: inestable

    References

    • “instabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “instabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "instabilis", 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)
    • “instabilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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