variable
Something that is capable of vary or of beeing varied
variābilis, variābile
Adjective [Cite]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯a.riˈaː.bi.lis/, [u̯äriˈäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /va.riˈa.bi.lis/, [väriˈäːbilis]
Declension
Positive
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | variābilis | variābile | variābilēs | variābilia | |
| Genitive | variābilis | variābilium | |||
| Dative | variābilī | variābilibus | |||
| Accusative | variābilem | variābile | variābilēs variābilīs |
variābilia | |
| Ablative | variābilī | variābilibus | |||
| Vocative | variābilis | variābile | variābilēs | variābilia | |
Adverb: variābiliter
Comparative
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | variābilior | variābilius | variābiliōrēs | variābiliōra | |
| Genitive | variābiliōris | variābiliōrum | |||
| Dative | variābiliōrī | variābiliōribus | |||
| Accusative | variābiliōrem | variābilius | variābiliōrēs | variābiliōra | |
| Ablative | variābiliōre | variābiliōribus | |||
| Vocative | variābilior | variābilius | variābiliōrēs | variābiliōra | |
Adverb: variābilius
Superlative
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | variābilissimus | variābilissima | variābilissimum | variābilissimī | variābilissimae | variābilissima | |
| Genitive | variābilissimī | variābilissimae | variābilissimī | variābilissimōrum | variābilissimārum | variābilissimōrum | |
| Dative | variābilissimō | variābilissimō | variābilissimīs | ||||
| Accusative | variābilissimum | variābilissimam | variābilissimum | variābilissimōs | variābilissimās | variābilissima | |
| Ablative | variābilissimō | variābilissimā | variābilissimō | variābilissimīs | |||
| Vocative | variābilissime | variābilissima | variābilissimum | variābilissimī | variābilissimae | variābilissima | |
Adverb: variābilissimē
Etymology:
References:
- "variabilis". In: Wiktionary, Wikimedia Foundation, visited on 22.03.2023
Quantity that assumes different values
variābilis, variābilis, f
Noun [Cite]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯a.riˈaː.bi.lis/, [u̯äriˈäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /va.riˈa.bi.lis/, [väriˈäːbilis]
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | variābilis | variābilēs |
| Genitive | variābilis | variābilium |
| Dative | variābilī | variābilibus |
| Accusative | variābilem | variābilēs variābilīs |
| Ablative | variābile | variābilibus |
| Vocative | variābilis | variābilēs |
Note:
The word is feminine, since it is considered as an abbreviation of quantitas variābilis.
References:
- "variābilis". In: Pons, Pons Langenscheidt GmbH, visited on 20.03.2023
- Leonhardus Euler, Introductio in analysin infinitorum in two volumes, 1748