intestabilis

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ testor (“to testify”) +‎ -bilis, or in- +‎ testābilis (“having a right to testify”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

intestābilis (neuter intestābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (literally) incapable of being a witness (by reason of misconduct)
  2. infamous, detestable, abominable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative intestābilis intestābile intestābilēs intestābilia
genitive intestābilis intestābilium
dative intestābilī intestābilibus
accusative intestābilem intestābile intestābilēs
intestābilīs 		intestābilia
ablative intestābilī intestābilibus
vocative intestābilis intestābile intestābilēs intestābilia
  • testābilis

References

  • “intestabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “intestabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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