mirabilis

See also: Mirabilis

English

Etymology

From the genus name, from Latin mīrābilis. Doublet of mirable.

Noun

mirabilis (plural mirabilises)

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

See also

• annus mirabilis
• anorexia mirabilis
• aqua mirabilis
• rete mirabile

 

Anagrams

• bisimilar

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /miːˈraː.bi.lis/, [miːˈräːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miˈra.bi.lis/, [miˈräːbilis]

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.

	singular			plural
	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

Related terms

• mīrāculum
• miror

Descendants

• Asturian: maraviya
• Bourguignon: marvoille
• Catalan: meravella
• English: marvel, mirable
• French: merveille
• Galician: marabilla
• Italian: meraviglia, mirabile
• Lombard: maravija, maravillia
• Norman: mervêle
• Portuguese: maravilha
• Romanian: mirabil
• Spanish: maravilla
• Translingual: Mirabilis
• Walloon: marvoye

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.