genitalis
Latin
Etymology
From gignō (“to bear, to produce”) + -ālis (“-al: forming relational adjectives”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛ.nɪˈtaː.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒe.niˈt̪aː.lis]
Adjective
genitālis (neuter genitāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Of or relating to generation or birth.
- Fruitful, productive, generative.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | genitālis | genitāle | genitālēs | genitālia | |
| genitive | genitālis | genitālium | |||
| dative | genitālī | genitālibus | |||
| accusative | genitālem | genitāle | genitālēs genitālīs |
genitālia | |
| ablative | genitālī | genitālibus | |||
| vocative | genitālis | genitāle | genitālēs | genitālia | |
Descendants
- English: genital
- French: génital
- Irish: ginitiúil
- Italian: genitale
- Portuguese: genital
- Romanian: genital
- Spanish: genital
References
- “genitalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “genitalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- genitalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.