gentilis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From gēns (“clan, tribe”) + -īlis (“-ile”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡenˈtiː.lis/, [ɡɛn̪ˈt̪iːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒenˈti.lis/, [d͡ʒen̪ˈt̪iːlis]
Adjective
[edit]gentīlis (neuter gentīle, adverb gentīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- of or belonging to the same family or gēns: kinsman
- of or relating to a tribe or clan: clansman, tribesman
- of or belonging to the same people or nation
- of slaves who bore the same name as their master
- (poetic) foreign, exotic
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | gentīlis | gentīle | gentīlēs | gentīlia | |
Genitive | gentīlis | gentīlium | |||
Dative | gentīlī | gentīlibus | |||
Accusative | gentīlem | gentīle | gentīlēs gentīlīs |
gentīlia | |
Ablative | gentīlī | gentīlibus | |||
Vocative | gentīlis | gentīle | gentīlēs | gentīlia |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Bourguignon: janti
- English: gentle, gentry, genteel
- French: gentil
- Italian: gentile
- Portuguese: gentil
- Spanish: gentil
Etymology 2
[edit]Semantic loan from Biblical Hebrew גּוֹי (goi).
Noun
[edit]gentīlis m (genitive gentīlis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -ī).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | gentīlis | gentīlēs |
Genitive | gentīlis | gentīlium |
Dative | gentīlī | gentīlibus |
Accusative | gentīlem | gentīlēs gentīlīs |
Ablative | gentīlī | gentīlibus |
Vocative | gentīlis | gentīlēs |
Descendants
[edit]- Tetum: jentiu
- Spanish: gentil
References
[edit]- “gentilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gentilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gentilis 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)
- gentilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- gentilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-
- Latin terms suffixed with -ilis (denominative)
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- Latin poetic terms
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- Latin nouns
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- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin masculine nouns