LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

parentālis

parentālis (neuter parentāle)
Classical[pa.rɛnˈtaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[pa.renˈtaː.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationparental

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeparentālisparentālisparentāle
genitiveparentālisparentālisparentālis
dativeparentālīparentālīparentālī
accusativeparentālemparentālemparentāle
ablativeparentālīparentālīparentālī
vocativeparentālisparentālisparentāle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeparentālēsparentālēsparentālia
genitiveparentāliumparentāliumparentālium
dativeparentālibusparentālibusparentālibus
accusativeparentālīs
parentālēs
parentālīs
parentālēs
parentālia
ablativeparentālibusparentālibusparentālibus
vocativeparentālēsparentālēsparentālia

părentālis, e, adj. 2. parens,
I. of or belonging to parents, parental: umbrae, of my parents, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 87.—
II. In partic., of or belonging to the festival in honor of dead parents or relatives: dies, the day of the festival in honor of the dead, Ov. F. 2, 548: mos, i. e. the annually repeated combat of the birds which rose from Memnon's funeral pile, and which were therefore regarded as his children, id. M. 13, 619 (cf. id. Am. 1, 13, 4).—
B. Subst.: părentālĭa, ĭum, n.
1. A festival in honor of dead relations: ut parentalia cum supplicationibus miscerentur, Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13; Inscr. Orell. 3927; 4084.—Gen.: PARENTALIORVM, Inscr. Orell. 3999.—
2. The title of a work by Ausonius.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  2. Latinparentālis

Proto-Indo-European *pérh₃-t ~ *pr̥h₃-éntder. Proto-Italic *par-(e)nt- Latin parēns Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin parentālis From parēns + -ālis.

Descendants
  • Italianparentale
  • Portugueseparental
  • Spanishparental

Quick answers

What does parentālis mean in Latin?
parentālis, a adjective, means “parental”.
How do you pronounce parentālis?
In classical Latin, [pa.rɛnˈtaː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pa.renˈtaː.lis].
Where does parentālis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- → Latin parentālis.