adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
nivālis
nivālis (neuter nivāle)
Classical[nɪˈwaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[niˈvaː.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationsnowy
- two terminationsnow-covered
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
snowy
nivālis -e — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nivālis | nivālis | nivāle |
| genitive | nivālis | nivālis | nivālis |
| dative | nivālī | nivālī | nivālī |
| accusative | nivālem | nivālem | nivāle |
| ablative | nivālī | nivālī | nivālī |
| vocative | nivālis | nivālis | nivāle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nivālēs | nivālēs | nivālia |
| genitive | nivālium | nivālium | nivālium |
| dative | nivālibus | nivālibus | nivālibus |
| accusative | nivālīs nivālēs | nivālīs nivālēs | nivālia |
| ablative | nivālibus | nivālibus | nivālibus |
| vocative | nivālēs | nivālēs | nivālia |
nĭvālis, e, adj. nix,
I. of or belonging to snow, snowy, snow-.
I. Lit.:
nivalis dies, a snowy day, Liv. 21, 54, 7: nivalia (sc. loca), Plin. 26, 8, 29, § 46: Haemonia, Hor. C. 1, 37, 19: venti, Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 126: axis, the region of snow, Val. Fl. 5, 225: Hebrus nivali compede vinctus, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 3: undae, water filled with snow, Mart. 14, 118, 1: aqua nivalis, snow-water, Gell. 19, 5, 3: terrae et pruinosae, Amm. 23, 6, 43.—II. Transf.
A. Cold: dies, a cold, dull day:
dicimus nivalem diem, cum altum frigus et triste caelum est, Sen. Q. N. 4, 4, 3; Flor. 2, 6, 12: osculum, cold, frigid, Mart. 7, 95, 2.—B. Snow-like, snowy:
equi candore nivali, Verg. A. 3, 538.—Trop.: nivalis Pietas, Prud. Symm. 2, 249.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nivālis e, adj.
nix, of snow, snowy, snow- : dies, L.: vertex, covered with snow , V.: Hebrus nivali compede vinctus, H.— Snow-like, snowy : equi candore nivali, V.
Origins
Derived from the oblique stem niv- of nix (“snow”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).
Descendants
- Italiannivale
- Walloonnivaiefrom Vulgar Latin *nivālia