facilis

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Verb

facilis

past of facili

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fakelis, from earlier *θakelis. Equivalent to faciō (“do, make”) +‎ -ilis.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ki.lis/, [ˈfäkɪlʲɪs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.t͡ʃi.lis/, [ˈfäːt͡ʃilis]

Adjective

facilis (neuter facile, comparative facilior, superlative facillimus, adverb facile); third-declension two-termination adjective

that may or can be done or made
easy, facile
Synonym: prōmptus

Antonym: difficilis
ready, quick, easily moving
Synonyms: rapidus, celer, vēlōx, properus, levis, prōmptus

Antonyms: lentus, tardus, sērus
good-natured, agreeable
courteous
sociable, affable
Synonyms: affābilis, amīcābilis, benevolēns

Antonyms: inimīcus, hostīlis, īnfestus, īnfēnsus, oblīquus, adversus, dīversus, āversus, inīquus
compliant, willing, yielding
Synonyms: obsequēns, obsequiōsus, oboediēns

Antonyms: sēditiōsus, tumultuōsus, turbulentus, obstinātus, difficilis

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	facilis	facile	facilēs	facilia
Genitive	facilis		facilium
Dative	facilī		facilibus
Accusative	facilem	facile	facilēs facilīs	facilia
Ablative	facilī		facilibus
Vocative	facilis	facile	facilēs	facilia

comparative: facilior, superlative: facillimus

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “difficult”): difficilis

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: fàcil
→ Dalmatian: fázil
→ English: facile
→ French: facile
→ Galician: fácil
→ Italian: facile
→ Piedmontese: facil
→ Portuguese: fácil
→ Romanian: facil
→ Spanish: fácil

References

“făcĭlis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“facilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
facilis 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)
facilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to have an appreciative audience: populum facilem, aequum habere
- to be a ready, fluent speaker: facilem et expeditum esse ad dicendum (Brut. 48. 180)
- a sociable, affable disposition: facilitas, faciles mores (De Am. 3. 11)
facilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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