genialis

Latin

Etymology

From genius (“guardian spirit of a person”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

geniālis (neuter geniāle, adverb geniāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to marriage; nuptial, genial.
  2. Of or pertaining to birth or generation.
  3. Of, pertaining or involving enjoyment or festivities; jovial, festive, genial.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative geniālis geniāle geniālēs geniālia
genitive geniālis geniālium
dative geniālī geniālibus
accusative geniālem geniāle geniālēs
geniālīs 		geniālia
ablative geniālī geniālibus
vocative geniālis geniāle geniālēs geniālia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: genial
  • Dutch: geniaal
  • English: genial
  • French: génial
  • German: genial
  • Italian: geniale
  • Portuguese: genial
  • Romanian: genial
  • Spanish: genial

References

  • “genialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “genialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "genialis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • genialis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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