LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

līneālis

līneālis (neuter līneāle)
Classical[liː.neˈaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[li.neˈaː.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationconsisting of lines, linear, lineal

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelīneālislīneālislīneāle
genitivelīneālislīneālislīneālis
dativelīneālīlīneālīlīneālī
accusativelīneālemlīneālemlīneāle
ablativelīneālīlīneālīlīneālī
vocativelīneālislīneālislīneāle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelīneālēslīneālēslīneālia
genitivelīneāliumlīneāliumlīneālium
dativelīneālibuslīneālibuslīneālibus
accusativelīneālīs
līneālēs
līneālīs
līneālēs
līneālia
ablativelīneālibuslīneālibuslīneālibus
vocativelīneālēslīneālēslīneālia

līnĕālis, e, adj. linea,
I. consisting of lines, made with lines, lineal (post-class.): ambitus lineales, Amm. 22, 16, 7.—Hence, adv.: līnĕālĭter, in the manner of lines, by means of lines: quos (circulos) linealiter feci, Mart. Cap. 8, § 834.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *līnomder. Proto-Italic *līnom Latin līnum Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin līneus Latin līnea Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin līneālis From līnea (“line”) + -ālis.

Descendants
  • Catalanlineal
  • Englishlineal
  • Italianlineale
  • Portugueselineal
  • Spanishlineal
  • Galicianlineal

Quick answers

What does līneālis mean in Latin?
līneālis, a adjective, means “consisting of lines, linear, lineal”.
How do you pronounce līneālis?
In classical Latin, [liː.neˈaː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [li.neˈaː.lis].