spiritalis

Latin

Alternative forms

• spīrituālis

Etymology

From spīritus (“breath, breathing; air; spirit”), from spīrō (“breathe, respire; live”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /spiː.riˈtaː.lis/, [s̠piːrɪˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spi.riˈta.lis/, [spiriˈt̪äːlis]

Adjective

spīritālis (neuter spīritāle, adverb spīritāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of or pertaining to breathing, the wind or air.
2. Of or pertaining to spirit; spiritual.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	spīritālis	spīritāle		spīritālēs	spīritālia
Genitive	spīritālis			spīritālium
Dative	spīritālī			spīritālibus
Accusative	spīritālem	spīritāle		spīritālēs spīritālīs	spīritālia
Ablative	spīritālī			spīritālibus
Vocative	spīritālis	spīritāle		spīritālēs	spīritālia

Derived terms

• spīritālitās
• spīritāliter

Related terms

• spīrābilis
• spīrāculum
• spīrāmen
• spīrāmentum

• spīrātiō
• spīrātus
• spīritus
• spīritus asper

• spīritus lēnis
• spīritus sānctus
• spīrō

References

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