orientalis

See also: orientális

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.

Proto-Italic *oriōr

Latin orior

Latin oriēns

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin orientālis

From oriēns (“east”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔ.ri.ɛnˈtaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.ri.enˈtaː.lis]

Adjective

orientālis (neuter orientāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of the east, eastern
2. rising

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	orientālis	orientāle		orientālēs	orientālia
genitive	orientālis			orientālium
dative	orientālī			orientālibus
accusative	orientālem	orientāle		orientālīs orientālēs	orientālia
ablative	orientālī			orientālibus
vocative	orientālis	orientāle		orientālēs	orientālia

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “of the east”): occidentālis

Coordinate terms

• borealis
• australis

Descendants

• Catalan: oriental
• English: Oriental
• French: oriental
• Galician: oriental
• Hungarian: orientális
• Italian: orientale
• Occitan: oriental
• Portuguese: oriental
• Romanian: oriental
• Sicilian: urintali
• Spanish: oriental

References

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