arvalis

Latin

Etymology

From arvum (“field”) +‎ -ālis, substantive of arvus (“ploughed; arable”); from arō (“plow, till”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

arvālis (neuter arvāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a cultivated field.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative arvālis arvāle arvālēs arvālia
genitive arvālis arvālium
dative arvālī arvālibus
accusative arvālem arvāle arvālēs
arvālīs 		arvālia
ablative arvālī arvālibus
vocative arvālis arvāle arvālēs arvālia

Descendants

  • Italian: arvale
  • Spanish: arval

References

  • “arvalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • arvalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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