"formidabilis" meaning in Latin

See formidabilis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [fɔr.miːˈdaː.bɪ.lɪs] [Classical-Latin], [for.miˈdaː.bi.lis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin formīdō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin formīdābilis From formīdō (“to fear, dread”) + -bilis. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|formīdō<t:to fear, dread>|-bilis|text=+|title=formīdābilis|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin formīdō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin formīdābilis [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðlis", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-bilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "formīdābilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="formīdābilis"> From formīdō (“to fear, dread”) + -bilis. Head templates: {{la-adj|formīdābilis}} formīdābilis (neuter formīdābile); third-declension two-termination adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|formīdābilis}} Forms: formīdābilis [canonical], formīdābile [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], formīdābilis [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], formīdābile [neuter, nominative, singular], formīdābilēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], formīdābilia [neuter, nominative, plural], formīdābilis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], formīdābilium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], formīdābilī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], formīdābilibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], formīdābilem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], formīdābile [accusative, neuter, singular], formīdābilīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], formīdābilēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], formīdābilia [accusative, neuter, plural], formīdābilī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], formīdābilibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], formīdābilis [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], formīdābile [neuter, singular, vocative], formīdābilēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], formīdābilia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. Causing or inspiring fear, terrible, frightening, formidable. Tags: declension-3, two-termination Related terms: formīdāmen, formīdō, formīdolōsē, formīdulōsitās, formīdulōsus
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formīdābilibus",
      "links": [
        [
          "formīdābilibus",
          "formidabilibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formīdābilis",
      "links": [
        [
          "formīdābilis",
          "formidabilis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formīdābile",
      "links": [
        [
          "formīdābile",
          "formidabile#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formīdābilēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "formīdābilēs",
          "formidabiles#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formīdābilia",
      "links": [
        [
          "formīdābilia",
          "formidabilia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "formīdābilis"
      },
      "expansion": "formīdābilis (neuter formīdābile); third-declension two-termination adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "formīdābilis"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "formīdāmen"
    },
    {
      "word": "formīdō"
    },
    {
      "word": "formīdolōsē"
    },
    {
      "word": "formīdulōsitās"
    },
    {
      "word": "formīdulōsus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 5-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries referencing missing etymons",
        "Latin entries with etymology texts",
        "Latin entries with etymology trees",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -bilis",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin third declension adjectives",
        "Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Causing or inspiring fear, terrible, frightening, formidable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Causing",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "inspiring",
          "inspire"
        ],
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ],
        [
          "terrible",
          "terrible"
        ],
        [
          "frightening",
          "frightening"
        ],
        [
          "formidable",
          "formidable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "two-termination"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[fɔr.miːˈdaː.bɪ.lɪs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[for.miˈdaː.bi.lis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "formidabilis"
}

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