vernalis
Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin *vesnālis, from Proto-Italic *wezor (“spring”) (oblique stem *wezn-) + -ālis. (The expected outcome of *vesnālis would be vēnālis, but the actual outcome shows assimilation to vēr.)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯eːrˈnaː.lis/, [u̯eːrˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /verˈna.lis/, [verˈnäːlis]
Adjective
vērnālis (neuter vērnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (relational) spring (the season); vernal
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | vērnālis | vērnāle | vērnālēs | vērnālia | |
Genitive | vērnālis | vērnālium | |||
Dative | vērnālī | vērnālibus | |||
Accusative | vērnālem | vērnāle | vērnālēs vērnālīs |
vērnālia | |
Ablative | vērnālī | vērnālibus | |||
Vocative | vērnālis | vērnāle | vērnālēs | vērnālia |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “vernalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vernalis 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)
- vernalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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- Latin terms inherited from Old Latin
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms suffixed with -alis
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