genitalis

Latin

Etymology

From gignō (“to bear, to produce”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛ.nɪˈtaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒe.niˈtaː.lis]
• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧tā‧lis

Adjective

genitālis (neuter genitāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (literal) of or relating to generation or birth
2. (figurative) fruitful, productive, generative

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	genitālis	genitāle		genitālēs	genitālia
genitive	genitālis			genitālium
dative	genitālī			genitālibus
accusative	genitālem	genitāle		genitālīs genitālēs	genitālia
ablative	genitālī			genitālibus
vocative	genitālis	genitāle		genitālēs	genitālia

Descendants

• English: genital
• French: génital
• Irish: ginitiúil
• Italian: genitale
• Portuguese: genital
• Romanian: genital
• Spanish: genital

References

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

Further reading

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “genitalis”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC