virginalis

Latin

Etymology

From virgō (maid, virgin) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

virginālis (neuter virgināle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. maidenly; of or pertaining to a maiden or virgin

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative virginālis virgināle virginālēs virginālia
genitive virginālis virginālium
dative virginālī virginālibus
accusative virginālem virgināle virginālēs
virginālīs
virginālia
ablative virginālī virginālibus
vocative virginālis virgināle virginālēs virginālia

Descendants

  • English: virginal
  • French: virginal
  • Galician: virxinal
  • Italian: verginale
  • Portuguese: virginal
  • Romanian: virginal
  • Spanish: virginal

References

  • virginalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • virginalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • virginalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.