verbalis

See also: verbális

Latin

Etymology

verbum (“word”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯erˈbaː.lis/, [u̯ɛrˈbäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /verˈba.lis/, [verˈbäːlis]

Adjective

verbālis (neuter verbāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (Late Latin) wordy, verbal

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	verbālis	verbāle		verbālēs	verbālia
Genitive	verbālis			verbālium
Dative	verbālī			verbālibus
Accusative	verbālem	verbāle		verbālēs verbālīs	verbālia
Ablative	verbālī			verbālibus
Vocative	verbālis	verbāle		verbālēs	verbālia

Related terms

• verbātim
• verbōsē
• verbōsus
• verbum

Descendants

• English: verbal
• French: verbal
• Italian: verbale
• Portuguese: verbal
• Spanish: verbal

References

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