rationalis
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ra.ti.oːˈnaː.lis/, [rät̪ioːˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /rat.t͡si.oˈna.lis/, [rät̪ː͡s̪ioˈnäːlis]
Adjective
ratiōnālis (neuter ratiōnāle, adverb ratiōnāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (relational) accounts
- rational, reasonable, of or possessing reason
- that has a ratio
- syllogistic
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ratiōnālis | ratiōnāle | ratiōnālēs | ratiōnālia | |
| Genitive | ratiōnālis | ratiōnālium | |||
| Dative | ratiōnālī | ratiōnālibus | |||
| Accusative | ratiōnālem | ratiōnāle | ratiōnālēs ratiōnālīs |
ratiōnālia | |
| Ablative | ratiōnālī | ratiōnālibus | |||
| Vocative | ratiōnālis | ratiōnāle | ratiōnālēs | ratiōnālia | |
Descendants
- Catalan: racional
- English: rational, rationale
- French: rationnel
- Italian: razionale
- Portuguese: racional
- Spanish: racional
References
- “rationalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rationalis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- rationalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.