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Mirabilis
Definition 2024
mirabilis
mirabilis
See also: Mirabilis
English
Noun
mirabilis (plural mirabilises)
- (botany) Any of the plant genus Mirabilis; a four-o'clock.
Latin
Etymology
From mirari (“to marvel at”), from mirus (“wonderful”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /miːˈraː.bi.lis/, [miːˈraː.bɪ.lɪs]
Adjective
mīrābilis m, f (neuter mīrābile); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| 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 | mīrābilia | |
| ablative | mīrābilī | mīrābilibus | |||
| vocative | mīrābilis | mīrābile | mīrābilēs | mīrābilia | |
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: meravella
- English: marvel
- French: merveille
- Italian: meraviglia
- Portuguese: maravilha
- Spanish: maravilla
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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mirabilis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.