novercalis
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
noverca (“stepmother”) + -ālis
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /no.u̯erˈkaː.lis/, [nou̯ɛrˈkäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /no.verˈka.lis/, [noverˈkäːlis]
Adjective[edit]
novercālis (neuter novercāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- of or belonging to one's stepmother
- stepmotherly; hostile, malevolent
Declension[edit]
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | novercālis | novercāle | novercālēs | novercālia | |
Genitive | novercālis | novercālium | |||
Dative | novercālī | novercālibus | |||
Accusative | novercālem | novercāle | novercālēs novercālīs |
novercālia | |
Ablative | novercālī | novercālibus | |||
Vocative | novercālis | novercāle | novercālēs | novercālia |
References[edit]
- “novercalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “novercalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- novercalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.