venialis

Latin

Etymology

venia (“forgiveness”) +‎ -ālis

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯e.niˈaː.lis/, [u̯ɛniˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ve.niˈa.lis/, [veniˈäːlis]

Adjective

veniālis (neuter veniāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (Late Latin) gracious
2. (Late Latin) pardonable, venial

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	veniālis	veniāle		veniālēs	veniālia
Genitive	veniālis			veniālium
Dative	veniālī			veniālibus
Accusative	veniālem	veniāle		veniālēs veniālīs	veniālia
Ablative	veniālī			veniālibus
Vocative	veniālis	veniāle		veniālēs	veniālia

Descendants

• → Italian: veniale
  • → Piedmontese: venial
• → Old French: venial, veniel
  • French: véniel
  • → English: venial
• → Portuguese: venial
• → Spanish: venial

References

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