septentrionalis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin septentriō

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin septentriōnālis

From septentriō (“north”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛp.tɛn.tri.oːˈnaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [sep.ten.tri.oˈnaː.lis]

Adjective

septentriōnālis (neuter septentriōnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. northern, septentrional

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	septentriōnālis	septentriōnāle		septentriōnālēs	septentriōnālia
genitive	septentriōnālis			septentriōnālium
dative	septentriōnālī			septentriōnālibus
accusative	septentriōnālem	septentriōnāle		septentriōnālīs septentriōnālēs	septentriōnālia
ablative	septentriōnālī			septentriōnālibus
vocative	septentriōnālis	septentriōnāle		septentriōnālēs	septentriōnālia

Synonyms

• boreālis

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “northern”): austrālis, merīdiōnālis

Derived terms

• Carolīna Septentriōnālis
• Corēa Septentriōnālis
• Dacōta Septentriōnālis

Descendants

• → Catalan: septentrional
• → German: septentrional
• → English: septentrional
• → French: septentrional
• → Italian: settentrionale
• → Portuguese: setentrional
• → Romanian: septentrional
• → Spanish: septentrional
• → Venetan: setentrional

References

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