adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
fētiālis1
fētiālis (neuter fētiāle)
Classical[feː.tiˈaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[fet.t͡siˈaː.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationrelating to a fetial (type of priest in charge of treaties)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fētiālis | fētiālis | fētiāle |
| genitive | fētiālis | fētiālis | fētiālis |
| dative | fētiālī | fētiālī | fētiālī |
| accusative | fētiālem | fētiālem | fētiāle |
| ablative | fētiālī | fētiālī | fētiālī |
| vocative | fētiālis | fētiālis | fētiāle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fētiālēs | fētiālēs | fētiālia |
| genitive | fētiālium | fētiālium | fētiālium |
| dative | fētiālibus | fētiālibus | fētiālibus |
| accusative | fētiālīs fētiālēs | fētiālīs fētiālēs | fētiālia |
| ablative | fētiālibus | fētiālibus | fētiālibus |
| vocative | fētiālēs | fētiālēs | fētiālia |
fētĭālis, e, adj. fetiales,
I. of or belonging to the fetiales, fetial:
jus, quo bella indicerentur, quod, per se justissime inventum sanxit fetiali religione, ut, etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 17: jus, id. Off. 1, 11, 36; 3, 29, 108: ceremoniae, Liv. 9, 11, 8: legatus, i. e. the fetial priest, fetialis, id. ib. § 11.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fētiālis e, adj.,
speaking, negotiating, of an embassy, diplomatic: legatus, L.: caerimoniae, L.— As subst m. (sc. sacerdos), a priest of the diplomatic corps, who made declarations of war and treaties of peace, L., C.—Of the diplomatic college, of the fetial priests, fetial: ius: caerimoniae, L.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *fētis + -ālis, the former inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis, from *dʰeh₁- (“to put”), and cognate with Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “placement”).
In English words that came into English from fētiālis
- fetialfētiālis
- fetialisfētiālis