sutilis

Latin

Etymology

From sūt- (perfect passive participial stem of suō (“to sew, stitch”)) ‎ -ilis (suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.ti.lis/, [ˈs̠uːt̪ɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ti.lis/, [ˈsuːt̪ilis]

Adjective

sūtilis (neuter sūtile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. sewn, bound or fastened together

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	sūtilis	sūtile		sūtilēs	sūtilia
genitive	sūtilis			sūtilium
dative	sūtilī			sūtilibus
accusative	sūtilem	sūtile		sūtilēs sūtilīs	sūtilia
ablative	sūtilī			sūtilibus
vocative	sūtilis	sūtile		sūtilēs	sūtilia

Related terms

• suō
• sūtēla
• sūtor
• sūtōrīcius
• sūtōrius
• sūtrīballus
• sūtrīna
• sūtrīnum
• sūtrīnus
• sūtrīx
• sūtum
• sūtūra

Descendants

• Portuguese: sútil

References

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