intellectualis

Latin

Etymology

From intellēctus (“understanding”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.tel.leːk.tuˈaː.lis/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛlːʲeːkt̪uˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.tel.lek.tuˈa.lis/, [in̪t̪elːekt̪uˈäːlis]

Adjective

intellēctuālis (neuter intellēctuāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. intellectual (of the mind, or of understanding)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	intellēctuālis	intellēctuāle		intellēctuālēs	intellēctuālia
Genitive	intellēctuālis			intellēctuālium
Dative	intellēctuālī			intellēctuālibus
Accusative	intellēctuālem	intellēctuāle		intellēctuālēs intellēctuālīs	intellēctuālia
Ablative	intellēctuālī			intellēctuālibus
Vocative	intellēctuālis	intellēctuāle		intellēctuālēs	intellēctuālia

Descendants

• Catalan: intel·lectual
• French: intellectuel
• Galician: intelectual
• Italian: intellettuale
• Portuguese: intelectual
• Spanish: intelectual

References

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