adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
delphīnālis
delphīnālis (neuter delphīnāle, adverb delphīnāliter)
Ecclesiastical[del.fiˈnaː.lis]
Meaning
- Medieval Latintwo terminationdelphinal (of or relating to a dauphin)
Et iſtud facit pro cauſa fiſcali ſuper facto monetarum corã curia Parlamenti Delphinatus: quia emanauerunt plura reſcripta regia & Delphinalia, per quæ mandatur in patria regia, & pręſenti Delphinali [...]
And this supports the fiscal case concerning the matter of the coinage before the court of the Parliament of Delphinate; because several royal and delphinal rescripts have been issued, by which it is ordered in the royal territory and in the present delphinal [territory] ….1561, Decisiones aureae, page 42:Quaeritur super epistola majestatis regiae et delphinalis, transmissa ipsi curiae parlamenti ad suggessionem hominum Vallis Loysiae, Frenchinarie et Argentariae seu Valdensium, ubi in effectu mandatur quod curia transmittat acta et processus alias agitatos...
The question concerns a letter of royal and delphinal majesty, sent to the said court of Parliament at the request of the men of the Valleys of Loysia, Frenchinaria, and Argentaria, or the Waldensians, in which it is in effect ordered that the court transmit the acts and proceedings previously conducted...1891, Histoire générale des Alpes maritimes, page 469:
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | delphīnālis | delphīnālis | delphīnāle |
| genitive | delphīnālis | delphīnālis | delphīnālis |
| dative | delphīnālī | delphīnālī | delphīnālī |
| accusative | delphīnālem | delphīnālem | delphīnāle |
| ablative | delphīnālī | delphīnālī | delphīnālī |
| vocative | delphīnālis | delphīnālis | delphīnāle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | delphīnālēs | delphīnālēs | delphīnālia |
| genitive | delphīnālium | delphīnālium | delphīnālium |
| dative | delphīnālibus | delphīnālibus | delphīnālibus |
| accusative | delphīnālīs delphīnālēs | delphīnālīs delphīnālēs | delphīnālia |
| ablative | delphīnālibus | delphīnālibus | delphīnālibus |
| vocative | delphīnālēs | delphīnālēs | delphīnālia |
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ-der. Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís)bor. Latin delphīnus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin delphīnālis From delphīnus (“dauphin”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjective-forming suffix).
Descendants
- Englishdelphinal
- Frenchdelphinal
- Italiandelfinale
- Spanishdelfinal