venalis

Latin

Etymology

vēnum +‎ -ālis

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯eːˈnaː.lis/, [u̯eːˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈna.lis/, [veˈnäːlis]

Adjective

vēnālis (neuter vēnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. for sale
2. venal

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	vēnālis	vēnāle		vēnālēs	vēnālia
Genitive	vēnālis			vēnālium
Dative	vēnālī			vēnālibus
Accusative	vēnālem	vēnāle		vēnālēs vēnālīs	vēnālia
Ablative	vēnālī			vēnālibus
Vocative	vēnālis	vēnāle		vēnālēs	vēnālia

Related terms

• vēnāliciārius
• vēnālīcius
• vēnus

Descendants

• Catalan: venal
• Old French: venel
  • French: vénal, vénale
    • → English: venal
• Portuguese: venal
• Spanish: venal

References

• “venalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “venalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• venalis 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)
• venalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to set out goods for sale: exponere, proponere merces (venales)