variable

Something that is capable of vary or of beeing varied

variābilis, variābile

Adjective [Cite]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯a.riˈaː.bi.lis/, [u̯äriˈäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /va.riˈa.bi.lis/, [väriˈäːbilis]

Declension

Positive

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	variābilis	variābile		variābilēs	variābilia
Genitive	variābilis			variābilium
Dative	variābilī			variābilibus
Accusative	variābilem	variābile		variābilēs variābilīs	variābilia
Ablative	variābilī			variābilibus
Vocative	variābilis	variābile		variābilēs	variābilia

Adverb: variābiliter

Comparative

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	variābilior	variābilius		variābiliōrēs	variābiliōra
Genitive	variābiliōris			variābiliōrum
Dative	variābiliōrī			variābiliōribus
Accusative	variābiliōrem	variābilius		variābiliōrēs	variābiliōra
Ablative	variābiliōre			variābiliōribus
Vocative	variābilior	variābilius		variābiliōrēs	variābiliōra

Adverb: variābilius

Superlative

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	variābilissimus	variābilissima	variābilissimum		variābilissimī	variābilissimae	variābilissima
Genitive	variābilissimī	variābilissimae	variābilissimī		variābilissimōrum	variābilissimārum	variābilissimōrum
Dative	variābilissimō		variābilissimō		variābilissimīs
Accusative	variābilissimum	variābilissimam	variābilissimum		variābilissimōs	variābilissimās	variābilissima
Ablative	variābilissimō	variābilissimā	variābilissimō		variābilissimīs
Vocative	variābilissime	variābilissima	variābilissimum		variābilissimī	variābilissimae	variābilissima

Adverb: variābilissimē

Etymology:

varius + -bilis

References:

• "variabilis". In: Wiktionary, Wikimedia Foundation, visited on 22.03.2023‎‎

Quantity that assumes different values

variābilis, variābilis, f

Noun [Cite]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯a.riˈaː.bi.lis/, [u̯äriˈäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /va.riˈa.bi.lis/, [väriˈäːbilis]

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	variābilis	variābilēs
Genitive	variābilis	variābilium
Dative	variābilī	variābilibus
Accusative	variābilem	variābilēs variābilīs
Ablative	variābile	variābilibus
Vocative	variābilis	variābilēs

Note:

The word is feminine, since it is considered as an abbreviation of quantitas variābilis.

References:

• "variābilis". In: Pons, Pons Langenscheidt GmbH, visited on 20.03.2023
• Leonhardus Euler, Introductio in analysin infinitorum in two volumes, 1748‎