LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

līneāris

līneāris (neuter līneāre, adverb līneāriter)
Classical[liː.neˈaː.rɪs]Ecclesiastical[li.neˈaː.ris]

Meaning

  1. two terminationline-; lineal; consisting of lines; pertaining to lines
    pictūra līneārisline painting
    līneāris ratiōgeometry
  2. Late Latintwo terminationlinear; line-like; having the form of a line

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelīneārislīneārislīneāre
genitivelīneārislīneārislīneāris
dativelīneārīlīneārīlīneārī
accusativelīneāremlīneāremlīneāre
ablativelīneārīlīneārīlīneārī
vocativelīneārislīneārislīneāre
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelīneārēslīneārēslīneāria
genitivelīneāriumlīneāriumlīneārium
dativelīneāribuslīneāribuslīneāribus
accusativelīneārīs
līneārēs		līneārīs
līneārēs		līneāria
ablativelīneāribuslīneāribuslīneāribus
vocativelīneārēslīneārēslīneāria

līnĕāris, e (or līnĭāris), adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to lines, consisting of lines, linear: pictura, the art of drawing with lines, without colors, Plin. 35, 3, 5, § 16: ratio, the science of lines, geometry, Quint. 1, 10, 36: probatio, a proving by means of lines, a mathematical demonstration, id. 1, 10, 49.—Adv.: līnĕārĭter, by lines, Boëth. Inst. Music. 3, 9 init.

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 -āris Latin linearis From līnea (“line”) + -āris. Doublet of līneālis. The post-Classical sense of "having the form of a line" is likely a back-formation from the adverbial form līneāriter (literally “using a line or lines”), which (along with līneāliter) was often used with verbs of motion, resulting in reanalysis as "like a line", from which follows the adjectival sense "line-like".

Descendants
  • Catalanlinear
  • Frenchlinéaire
  • Italianlineare
  • Occitanlinear
  • Portugueselinear
  • Romanianliniar
  • Spanishlinear
  • Galicianlinear

Quick answers

What does līneāris mean in Latin?
līneāris, a adjective, means “line-; lineal; consisting of lines”.
How do you pronounce līneāris?
In classical Latin, [liː.neˈaː.rɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [li.neˈaː.ris].