formidalis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]formīdō (“to fear, dread”) + -ālis (“-al”, relational adjective suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /for.miːˈdaː.lis/, [fɔrmiːˈd̪äːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /for.miˈda.lis/, [formiˈd̪äːlis]
Adjective
[edit]formīdālis (neuter formīdāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (Medieval Latin, rare) fearful, frightening, terrible
- Synonyms: formīdābilis, horribilis, īnfandus, terribilis
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | formīdālis | formīdāle | formīdālēs | formīdālia | |
| Genitive | formīdālis | formīdālium | |||
| Dative | formīdālī | formīdālibus | |||
| Accusative | formīdālem | formīdāle | formīdālēs formīdālīs |
formīdālia | |
| Ablative | formīdālī | formīdālibus | |||
| Vocative | formīdālis | formīdāle | formīdālēs | formīdālia | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Italian: formidale (learned)
References
[edit]- formidalis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)