spinalis

spinalis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *spey-der.
Proto-Italic *speinā
Latin spīna
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin spīnālis

    From spīna (“a prickle, spine”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    spīnālis (neuter spīnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

    1. (Late Latin) of or belonging to the spine; spinal

    Inflection

    Third-declension two-termination adjective.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
    nominative spīnālis spīnāle spīnālēs spīnālia
    genitive spīnālis spīnālium
    dative spīnālī spīnālibus
    accusative spīnālem spīnāle spīnālīs
    spīnālēs     		spīnālia
    ablative spīnālī spīnālibus
    vocative spīnālis spīnāle spīnālēs spīnālia

    Descendants

    • Aromanian: schinari
    • → English: spinal
    • → French: spinal
    • → Italian: spinale
    • → Portuguese: espinal
    • → Romanian: spinal, ⇒ spinare
    • → Spanish: espinal
    • → Tarantino: spinale

    References

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