expetibilis

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

expĕtĭbĭlis: e, adj. id.,
I desirable: expetendum est, inquiunt, quod bonum est: expetibile, quod nobis contingit, cum bonum consecuti sumus, Sen. Ep. 117, 4: potentia, Boëth. Consol. 2, 6.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

expĕtĭbĭlĭs,¹⁶ e (expeto), très désirable : Sen. Ep. 117, 5 ; Boet. Cons. 2, 6.