borealis

Latin

Etymology

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Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās)bor.

Latin boreās

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin boreālis

From boreās + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɔ.reˈaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [bo.reˈaː.lis]

Adjective

boreālis (neuter boreāle, superlative boreālissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. northern

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	boreālis	boreāle		boreālēs	boreālia
genitive	boreālis			boreālium
dative	boreālī			boreālibus
accusative	boreālem	boreāle		boreālīs boreālēs	boreālia
ablative	boreālī			boreālibus
vocative	boreālis	boreāle		boreālēs	boreālia

Synonyms

• (northern): septentriōnālis, boreus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “northern”): austrālis, austrīnus, merīdiōnālis

Coordinate terms

• occidens
• oriens

Derived terms

• aurōra boreālis

Related terms

• boreās
• borius

Descendants

• Catalan: boreal
• English: boreal
• French: boréal
• Italian: boreale
• Portuguese: boreal
• Romanian: boreal
• Spanish: boreal

References

• “borealis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “borealis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• borealis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016