aeternalis

Latin

Etymology

aeternus (“eternal, endless”) +‎ -ālis

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯.terˈnaː.lis/, [äe̯t̪ɛrˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.terˈna.lis/, [et̪erˈnäːlis]

Adjective

aeternālis (neuter aeternāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. eternal, everlasting, temporally infinite

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	aeternālis	aeternāle		aeternālēs	aeternālia
Genitive	aeternālis			aeternālium
Dative	aeternālī			aeternālibus
Accusative	aeternālem	aeternāle		aeternālēs aeternālīs	aeternālia
Ablative	aeternālī			aeternālibus
Vocative	aeternālis	aeternāle		aeternālēs	aeternālia

Descendants

• Catalan: eternal
• Galician: eternal
• Italian: eternale
• Norman: êtèrnel
• Old French: eternal
  • French: éternel
  • → Middle English: eternal, eterneel, eternall
    • English: eternal, tarnal
    • Scots: eternal
• Occitan: eternal
• Portuguese: eternal
• Spanish: eternal

References

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