LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

erīlis

erīlis (neuter erīle)
Classical[ɛˈriː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[eˈriː.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationof or relating to the master or mistress of a family

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeerīliserīliserīle
herīle
genitiveerīliserīliserīlis
dativeerīlī
herīlī		erīlī
herīlī		erīlī
herīlī
accusativeerīlem
herīlem		erīlem
herīlem		erīle
herīle
ablativeerīlī
herīlī		erīlī
herīlī		erīlī
herīlī
vocativeerīliserīliserīle
herīle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeerīlēs
herīlēs		erīlēs
herīlēs		erīlia
herīlia
genitiveerīlium
herīlium		erīlium
herīlium		erīlium
herīlium
dativeerīlibus
herīlibus		erīlibus
herīlibus		erīlibus
herīlibus
accusativeerīlīs
erīlēs, herīlēs		erīlīs
erīlēs, herīlēs		erīlia
herīlia
ablativeerīlibus
herīlibus		erīlibus
herīlibus		erīlibus
herīlibus
vocativeerīlēs
herīlēs		erīlēs
herīlēs		erīlia
herīlia

ĕrī^lis (less correctly hĕrīlis, v. erus), e, adj. erus,
I. of the master or mistress of a family, the master's, the mistress's (poet.; esp. in Plaut.): erum fefelli, in nuptias conjeci erilem filium, Ter. And. 3, 4, 23; cf. id. Ad. 3, 2, 3; so, filius, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 117; id. Most. 1, 1, 20; 79; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 58; id. ib. 5, 5, 20; id. Phorm. 1, 1, 5: filia, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 35; id. ib. 2, 3, 8; id. Cist. 2, 3, 8: amica, id. Mil. 2, 1, 37; 44; id. ib. 2, 3, 3; cf. concubina, id. ib. 2, 3, 66; id. ib. 2, 5, 60; id. ib. 2, 6, 28; 68: erilis patria, salve, id. Bacch. 2, 1, 1: gressumque canes comitantur erilem, Verg. A. 8, 462: mensaeque assuetus erili, id. ib. 7, 490: res, Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 1; so, imperium, id. Aul. 4, 1, 13; cf. nutus, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 6: antiqua erilis fida custos corporis (i. e. Medeae), Enn. ap. Non. 39, 3 (Trag. v. 289 Vahl.): nisi erile mavis Carpere pensum, Hor. C. 3, 27, 63: crilis praevortit metus, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17: nomen erile tenet, Ov. M. 10, 502: turpi clausus in arca, Quo te demisit peccati conscia (ancilla) erilis, Hor. S. 2, 7, 60.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁esh₂ós
  2. Proto-Italic*ezos
  3. Latinerīlis

Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilis Latin -īlis Latin erīlis From erus (“master of the house”) + -īlis.

Quick answers

What does erīlis mean in Latin?
erīlis, a adjective, means “of or relating to the master or mistress of a family”.
How do you pronounce erīlis?
In classical Latin, [ɛˈriː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eˈriː.lis].
Where does erīlis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁esh₂ós → Proto-Italic *ezos → Latin erīlis.