LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

novercālis

novercālis (neuter novercāle)
Classical[nɔ.wɛrˈkaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[no.verˈkaː.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationof or belonging to one's stepmother
  2. two terminationstepmotherly; hostile, malevolent

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenovercālisnovercālisnovercāle
genitivenovercālisnovercālisnovercālis
dativenovercālīnovercālīnovercālī
accusativenovercālemnovercālemnovercāle
ablativenovercālīnovercālīnovercālī
vocativenovercālisnovercālisnovercāle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenovercālēsnovercālēsnovercālia
genitivenovercāliumnovercāliumnovercālium
dativenovercālibusnovercālibusnovercālibus
accusativenovercālīs
novercālēs		novercālīs
novercālēs		novercālia
ablativenovercālibusnovercālibusnovercālibus
vocativenovercālēsnovercālēsnovercālia

nŏvercālis, e, adj. noverca,
I. of or belonging to a step-mother (post-class.).
I. Lit.: novercales ibat venator in agros Ascanius, of Dido, Stat. S. 5, 2, 118: atque novercali sedes praelata Lavino, called after Ascanius's step-mother, Lavinia, Juv. 12, 71: Mycenae, i. e. sacred to Juno, the stepmother of Bacchus, Stat. Th. 7, 177.—
II. Transf., of or like a step-mother, i. e. hostile, malevolent: novercalia odia, Tac. A. 12, 2: novercales Liviae in Agrippinam stimuli, id. ib. 1, 33: novercalibus oculis aliquem intueri, Sen. Contr. 4, 6: erat circa illum Zenobia novercali animo, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 16.

Origins

Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin novercālis From noverca (“stepmother”) + -ālis.

In English words that came into English from novercālis

  • novercalnovercālis

Quick answers

What does novercālis mean in Latin?
novercālis, a adjective, means “of or belonging to one's stepmother; stepmotherly; hostile, malevolent”.
How do you pronounce novercālis?
In classical Latin, [nɔ.wɛrˈkaː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [no.verˈkaː.lis].