| 释义 |
-atile, suffix
forming adjs. (= mod.F. -atile), ad. L. -ātilis, consisting of the suffix -ilis (see -ile) ‘denoting possibility and quality,’ appended to ppl. stems in -āt- of verbs in -āre, as in volātus flying, volātilis used to fly, Eng. volatile: also with ns. as aquātilis, Eng. aquatile, fluviatile, umbratile, all of modern introduction, and nearly synonymous with those in -atic. |