menstrualis
Latin
Etymology
From mēnstruus (“of or pertaining to a month, monthly”) + -ālis, from mēnsis (“month”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mẽː.struˈaː.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [men.st̪ruˈaː.lis]
Adjective
mēnstruālis (neuter mēnstruāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Monthly, every month, for a month.
- (post-Augustan) Of or pertaining to the monthly courses of women; in the process of menstruation.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | mēnstruālis | mēnstruāle | mēnstruālēs | mēnstruālia | |
| genitive | mēnstruālis | mēnstruālium | |||
| dative | mēnstruālī | mēnstruālibus | |||
| accusative | mēnstruālem | mēnstruāle | mēnstruālēs mēnstruālīs |
mēnstruālia | |
| ablative | mēnstruālī | mēnstruālibus | |||
| vocative | mēnstruālis | mēnstruāle | mēnstruālēs | mēnstruālia | |
Synonyms
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Descendants
References
- “menstrualis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- menstrualis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.