mirabilis

See also: Mirabilis

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

mirabilis (plural mirabilises)

  1. (botany) Any of the plant genus Mirabilis; a four-o'clock.

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Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From mīror (“to marvel at”) +‎ -bilis (“-able”), from mīrus (“wonderful”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mīrābilis (neuter mīrābile, adverb mīrābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. wonderful, marvellous, astonishing, extraordinary, remarkable, amazing
  2. glorious
  3. miracle
  4. miraculous

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative mīrābilis mīrābile mīrābilēs mīrābilia
Genitive mīrābilis mīrābilium
Dative mīrābilī mīrābilibus
Accusative mīrābilem mīrābile mīrābilēs
mīrābilīs		 mīrābilia
Ablative mīrābilī mīrābilibus
Vocative mīrābilis mīrābile mīrābilēs mīrābilia

Derived terms
  • mīrābiliārius
  • mīrābilitās

Descendants

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