terminalis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *ter-?

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥

Proto-Italic *termn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *term(e)nos

Latin terminus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin terminālis

From terminus + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɛr.mɪˈnaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ter.miˈnaː.lis]

Adjective

terminālis (neuter termināle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (relational) boundary; terminal
2. final, concluding

   Synonym: fīnālis

   Antonym: inceptīvus

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	terminālis	termināle		terminālēs	terminālia
genitive	terminālis			terminālium
dative	terminālī			terminālibus
accusative	terminālem	termināle		terminālīs terminālēs	terminālia
ablative	terminālī			terminālibus
vocative	terminālis	termināle		terminālēs	terminālia

Derived terms

• comes terminālis
• decima terminālis
• praefectūra terminālis
• Terminālia

Descendants

Descendants

• → Asturian: terminal
• → Catalan: terminal
• → English: terminal
• → French: terminal
  • → Romanian: terminal
• → Galician: terminal
• → German: terminal
• → Italian: terminale
• → Occitan: terminal
• → Portuguese: terminal
• → Spanish: terminal

References

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