lateralis

Latin

Pronunciation

• laterālis:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫa.tɛˈraː.lɪs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [la.teˈraː.lis]
• laterālīs:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫa.tɛˈraː.liːs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [la.teˈraː.lis]

Etymology 1

From latus (“the side, flank”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Adjective

laterālis (neuter laterāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of or belonging to the side; lateral.

   Antonym: mediālis

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	laterālis	laterāle		laterālēs	laterālia
genitive	laterālis			laterālium
dative	laterālī			laterālibus
accusative	laterālem	laterāle		laterālīs laterālēs	laterālia
ablative	laterālī			laterālibus
vocative	laterālis	laterāle		laterālēs	laterālia

Derived terms

• aequilaterālis
• bilaterālis
• laterālia (noun)

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Asturian: lladral, ḷḷadral, adral, aral
    • →? Galician: adral (oriental)
    • → Spanish: adral
  • Galician: ladral
  • Portuguese: ladral
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: lateral
  • → English: lateral
  • → French: latéral
  • → Galician: lateral
  • → Italian: laterale
  • → Portuguese: lateral
  • → Romanian: lateral
  • → Spanish: lateral

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

laterālīs

1. accusative masculine/feminine plural of laterālis

References

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