habilis

From habeō (“have, possess”) +‎ -bilis, with haplology simplifying -bibi- to -bi-.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈha.bi.lis/, [ˈhäbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.lis/, [ˈäːbilis]

habilis (neuter habile, comparative habilior); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. able to have/possess/maintain
2. having sufficient ability or power to do or to conduct; skillful
3. suitable, apt, fit, proper

   Synonyms: opportūnus, commodus, aptus, idōneus, dignus, conveniēns, iūstus, lēgitimus, ūtilis, salūber, ūtēnsilis

   Antonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus

4. nimble, swift
5. manageable

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• (suitable, proper): idōneus
• (manageable): docilis

• dēbilis
• habilitās
• habiliter
• habilitō

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