LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

aeternālis

aeternālis (neuter aeternāle)
Classical[ae̯.tɛrˈnaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[e.terˈnaː.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationeternal, everlasting, temporally infinite

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeaeternālisaeternālisaeternāle
genitiveaeternālisaeternālisaeternālis
dativeaeternālīaeternālīaeternālī
accusativeaeternālemaeternālemaeternāle
ablativeaeternālīaeternālīaeternālī
vocativeaeternālisaeternālisaeternāle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeaeternālēsaeternālēsaeternālia
genitiveaeternāliumaeternāliumaeternālium
dativeaeternālibusaeternālibusaeternālibus
accusativeaeternālīs
aeternālēs
aeternālīs
aeternālēs
aeternālia
ablativeaeternālibusaeternālibusaeternālibus
vocativeaeternālēsaeternālēsaeternālia

aeternālis, e, adj. aeternus,
I. enduring forever, everlasting (often in inscrr.): aeternali somno sacrum, i. e. to death, Inscr. Grut. 752, 3: domus, Inscr. Orell. 4518: luctus, ib. 4604: memoria, ib. 200: lex temporalis et aeternalis, Tert. adv. Jud. 6.—Adv.: aeternālĭter, forever (late Lat.), Ad. ad H. Prud. March, p. 245.

Origins

Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin aeternālis From aeternus (“eternal, endless”) + -ālis.

Descendants
  • Catalaneternal
  • Italianeternale
  • Frenchéternelfrom Old French eternal
  • Englisheternalfrom Old French eternal
  • Englishtarnalfrom Old French eternal
  • Occitaneternal
  • Portugueseeternal
  • Spanisheternal
  • Galicianeternal
  • Normanêtèrnel

In English words that came into English from aeternālis

  • eternalaeternālis

Quick answers

What does aeternālis mean in Latin?
aeternālis, a adjective, means “eternal, everlasting, temporally infinite”.
How do you pronounce aeternālis?
In classical Latin, [ae̯.tɛrˈnaː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [e.terˈnaː.lis].