crudelis

Latin

Etymology

From crūdus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kruːˈdeː.lis/, [kruːˈd̪eːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kruˈde.lis/, [kruˈd̪ɛːlis]

Adjective

crūdēlis (neuter crūdēle, comparative crūdēlior, superlative crūdēlissimus, adverb crūdēlē or crūdēliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. unfeeling, rude
2. ruthless, cruel, merciless

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	crūdēlis	crūdēle		crūdēlēs	crūdēlia
Genitive	crūdēlis			crūdēlium
Dative	crūdēlī			crūdēlibus
Accusative	crūdēlem	crūdēle		crūdēlēs crūdēlīs	crūdēlia
Ablative	crūdēlī			crūdēlibus
Vocative	crūdēlis	crūdēle		crūdēlēs	crūdēlia

Related terms

• crūdescō
• crūditas
• crūditātiō
• crūditō
• crūdus
• crūdēlitas
• crūdēliter
• crūdēlē

 

Descendants

• Asturian: cruel
• Catalan: cruel
• English: cruel
• French: cruel, cruelle
• Friulian: crudêl
• Galician: cruel
• Italian: crudele
• Occitan: crusèl, cruel
• Portuguese: cruel
• Sicilian: crudili
• Spanish: cruel
• Venetian: crudel

References

• “crudelis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “crudelis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• crudelis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.