adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
genitālis
genitālis (neuter genitāle)
Classical[ɡɛ.nɪˈtaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[d͡ʒe.niˈtaː.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationof or relating to generation or birth
- figurativelytwo terminationfruitful, productive, generative
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ubi quis nātus estgenitālis -e — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 8
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | genitālis | genitālis | genitāle |
| genitive | genitālis | genitālis | genitālis |
| dative | genitālī | genitālī | genitālī |
| accusative | genitālem | genitālem | genitāle |
| ablative | genitālī | genitālī | genitālī |
| vocative | genitālis | genitālis | genitāle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | genitālēs | genitālēs | genitālia |
| genitive | genitālium | genitālium | genitālium |
| dative | genitālibus | genitālibus | genitālibus |
| accusative | genitālīs genitālēs | genitālīs genitālēs | genitālia |
| ablative | genitālibus | genitālibus | genitālibus |
| vocative | genitālēs | genitālēs | genitālia |
gĕnĭtālis, e, adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to generation or birth, causing generation or birth, fruitful, generative, genital (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: genialis, genetivus).
I. Adj.:
genitalia materiaï Corpora, generative principles, elements, Lucr. 2, 62: corpora quatuor, the four elements, Ov. M. 15, 239: semina, Lucr. 5, 851; Verg. G. 2, 324: partes (corporis), genital parts, Lucr. 4, 1044; Col. 6, 26, 2: membra, Ov. Am. 2, 3, 3: loca, Col. 6, 36, 2: arvum, Verg. G. 3, 136; cf. vulvae, Col. 7, 9, 5; so of plants: membra, id. 3, 10, 12: locus, id. § 14; cf. id. 3, 6, 1: profluvium, Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 143; cf. id. 7, 14, 12, § 61: foedera, matrimony, Stat. Th. 3, 300: menses, the months of pregnancy in which the child may be born, Gell. 3, 16, 4: ros, fertilizing, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 38: hora anni, i. e. in the spring, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107: dies, birth-day (usually dies natalis), Tac. A. 16, 14; also, lux, Stat. S. 2, 3, 62: solum, birth-place, natal soil, Vell. 2, 15, 1: sedes, Prud. Cath. 10 fin. terra, Amm. 27, 5 fin.: dii, the gods that produce everything: Romulus in caelo cum dis genitalibus aevum Degit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 764 (Ann. v. 119 Vahl.); imitated by Aus. Per. Iliad. 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 139: sterilitas, barrenness, Trebat. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 9.—II. Subst.
A. Gĕnĭtālis, is, f., a surname of Diana, as presiding over births:
sive tu (Diana) Lucina probas vocari Seu Genitalis, Hor. C. S. 16.—B. gĕ-nĭtāle, is, n. (sc. membrum;
v. above, I.), Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93; 37, 10, 57, § 157; Arn. 5, 18 et saep.; in plur., id. 11, 49, 110, § 263; Quint. 1, 6, 36; Juv. 6, 514. —Hence, adv.: gĕnĭtālĭter, in a fertilizing manner, fruitfully, Lucr. 4, 1258.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
genitālis e, adj.
genitus, of generation, of birth, fruitful, generative : quattuor corpora, the four elements , O.: semina, V.: arvum, V.—As subst f., goddess of birth, a surname of Diana , H.
Origins
From gignō (“to bear, to produce”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Descendants
- Englishgenital
- Frenchgénital
- Italiangenitale
- Portuguesegenital
- Romaniangenital
- Spanishgenital
- Irishginitiúil
In English words that came into English from genitālis
- genitalgenitālis