PASSIBILIA, passibilia
Sounds Like: pas-si-BI-li-a
Translations: things capable of suffering, things susceptible to feeling, sufferings, passions
From the root: PASSIBILIS
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is the neuter plural form of the adjective 'passibilis'. As an adjective, it describes things that are capable of suffering or susceptible to feeling. When used as a noun, it refers to 'sufferings' or 'passions' themselves, or more generally, 'things that can be suffered'. It is often used in philosophical or theological contexts to discuss the nature of suffering or the capacity for experience.
Inflection: Plural, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 11:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, PASSIBILIS.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- PASSIBILIS — capable of suffering, susceptible to suffering, passible, subject to passion, able to feel, sensitive
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