gentilis

Latin

Etymology 1

From gēns (“clan, tribe”) +‎ -īlis (“-ile”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡenˈtiː.lis/, [ɡɛn̪ˈt̪iːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒenˈti.lis/, [d͡ʒen̪ˈt̪iːlis]

Adjective

gentīlis (neuter gentīle, adverb gentīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of or belonging to the same family or gēns: kinsman
2. of or relating to a tribe or clan: clansman, tribesman
3. of or belonging to the same people or nation
4. of slaves who bore the same name as their master
5. (poetic) foreign, exotic

Declension

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

• gentīlicius
• gentīliter
• gentīlitius
• gentīlitus
• gentīlitās
• gentīlēs

 

Related terms

• gēns
• genticus

Descendants

• Bourguignon: janti
• English: gentle, gentry, genteel
• French: gentil
• Italian: gentile
• Portuguese: gentil
• Spanish: gentil

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Biblical Hebrew גּוֹי (goi).

Noun

gentīlis m (genitive gentīlis); third declension

1. heathen, pagan

Declension

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

• Bourguignon: janti
• English: gentile, Gentile
• French: gentil
• Italian: gentile
• Portuguese: gentio

• Tetum: jentiu

• Spanish: gentil

References

• “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