localis

Latin

Etymology

From locus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /loˈkaː.lis/, [ɫ̪ɔˈkäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /loˈka.lis/, [loˈkäːlis]

Adjective

locālis (neuter locāle, adverb locāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Belong to a place; local

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	locālis	locāle		locālēs	locālia
Genitive	locālis			locālium
Dative	locālī			locālibus
Accusative	locālem	locāle		locālēs locālīs	locālia
Ablative	locālī			locālibus
Vocative	locālis	locāle		locālēs	locālia

Related terms

• locus

Descendants

• Asturian: llugar, local (borrowing)
• Catalan: local (borrowing)
• English: local (borrowing), locale (borrowing)
• Fala: lugal
• French: local (borrowing)
• Galician: lugar

• Italian: locale
• Hungarian: lokális (borrowing)
• Old Galician-Portuguese: logar
• Portuguese: lugar, local (borrowing)
• Romanian: local (borrowing)
• Spanish: lugar, logar (archaic), local (borrowing)

References

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