spinalis

Latin

Etymology

From spīna (“a prickle, spine”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /spiːˈnaː.lis/, [s̠piːˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spiˈna.lis/, [spiˈnäːlis]

Adjective

spīnālis (neuter spīnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (Late Latin) of or belonging to the spine; spinal

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	spīnālis	spīnāle		spīnālēs	spīnālia
Genitive	spīnālis			spīnālium
Dative	spīnālī			spīnālibus
Accusative	spīnālem	spīnāle		spīnālēs spīnālīs	spīnālia
Ablative	spīnālī			spīnālibus
Vocative	spīnālis	spīnāle		spīnālēs	spīnālia

Descendants

• Aromanian: schinari
• → English: spinal
• → French: spinal
• → Italian: spinale
• → Portuguese: espinal
• → Romanian: spinal, ⇒ spinare
• → Spanish: espinal
• → Tarantino: spinale

References

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