paenitentialis

Latin

Alternative forms

• pēnitentiālis
• poenitentiālis

Etymology

From paenitentia (“repentance, penitence”) +‎ -ālis, from paenitēns (“repenting”), present active participle of paeniteō (“regret, repent”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pae̯.ni.ten.tiˈaː.lis/, [päe̯nɪt̪ɛn̪t̪iˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.ni.ten.t͡siˈa.lis/, [penit̪ent̪͡s̪iˈäːlis]

Adjective

paenitentiālis (neuter paenitentiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of or pertaining to penitence, penitential.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	paenitentiālis	paenitentiāle		paenitentiālēs	paenitentiālia
Genitive	paenitentiālis			paenitentiālium
Dative	paenitentiālī			paenitentiālibus
Accusative	paenitentiālem	paenitentiāle		paenitentiālēs paenitentiālīs	paenitentiālia
Ablative	paenitentiālī			paenitentiālibus
Vocative	paenitentiālis	paenitentiāle		paenitentiālēs	paenitentiālia

Related terms

• paenitendus
• paenitēns
• paenitentia
• paeniteō
• paenitūdō

Descendants

• Catalan: penitencial
• English: penitential
• French: pénitentiel
• Spanish: penitencial

Noun

paenitentiālis m (genitive paenitentiālis); third declension

1. (religion) a priest appointed to hear the confessions of penitents, a confessor (short for paenitentiālis presbyter)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	paenitentiālis	paenitentiālēs
Genitive	paenitentiālis	paenitentiālium
Dative	paenitentiālī	paenitentiālibus
Accusative	paenitentiālem	paenitentiālēs paenitentiālīs
Ablative	paenitentiāle	paenitentiālibus
Vocative	paenitentiālis	paenitentiālēs

References

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