LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

litterālis

litterālis (neuter litterāle, adverb litterāliter)
Classical[lɪt.tɛˈraː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[lit.teˈraː.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationliterary
  2. two terminationepistolary

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelitterālislitterālislitterāle
genitivelitterālislitterālislitterālis
dativelitterālīlitterālīlitterālī
accusativelitterālemlitterālemlitterāle
ablativelitterālīlitterālīlitterālī
vocativelitterālislitterālislitterāle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelitterālēslitterālēslitterālia
genitivelitterāliumlitterāliumlitterālium
dativelitterālibuslitterālibuslitterālibus
accusativelitterālīs
litterālēs		litterālīs
litterālēs		litterālia
ablativelitterālibuslitterālibuslitterālibus
vocativelitterālēslitterālēslitterālia

littĕrālis (lītĕr-), e, adj. littera,
I. of or belonging to letters or writing (postclass.): commercium, epistolary correspondence, Symm. Ep. 4, 52: lectio, the reading of books, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5: grammatica litteralis dicta, quod a litteris incipiat, Diom. p. 414 P.

Origins

Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin litterālis From littera + -ālis.

Descendants
  • Englishliteral
  • Frenchlittéral
  • Italianletterale
  • Portugueseliteral
  • Romanianliteral
  • Spanishliteral
  • Galicianliteral

In English words that came into English from litterālis

  • literallitterālis

Quick answers

What does litterālis mean in Latin?
litterālis, a adjective, means “literary; epistolary”.
How do you pronounce litterālis?
In classical Latin, [lɪt.tɛˈraː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [lit.teˈraː.lis].