lateralis

Latin

Etymology

From latus (“side, flank”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /la.teˈraː.lis/, [ɫ̪ät̪ɛˈräːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /la.teˈra.lis/, [lät̪eˈräːlis]

Adjective

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

1. lateral; of or belonging to the side

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	laterālis	laterāle		laterālēs	laterālia
Genitive	laterālis			laterālium
Dative	laterālī			laterālibus
Accusative	laterālem	laterāle		laterālēs laterālīs	laterālia
Ablative	laterālī			laterālibus
Vocative	laterālis	laterāle		laterālēs	laterālia

Antonyms

• (of the side): mediālis

Derived terms

• bilaterālis
• laterālia

Related terms

• latus

Descendants

• Catalan: lateral
• → English: lateral
• → French: latéral
• Galician: ladral, → lateral
• → Italian: laterale
• → Portuguese: lateral
• Spanish: adral, → lateral

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.