adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
tālis1
tālis (neuter tāle, adverb tāliter)
Classical[ˈtaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtaː.lis]
№ 203 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- two terminationsuch
[...] tālibus adgreditur Venerem Sāturnia dictīs: [...].
[... Juno, daughter of] Saturn, approaches Venus with such an offer: ….29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.92 - two terminationso or such a distinguished, great, excellent, or important
tālis ... quālis
just likeQuam tū urbem, soror, hanc cernēs, quae surgere rēgna / coniugiō tālī!
“What [about] your city, [my] sister — this you will see! — what a realm [will] arise from such a distinguished union!” (Anna endorses Dido’s prospective marriage to Aeneas as advantageous for Carthage and its queen.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.47-48
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
eius modī, huius generistālis -e — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 17
such a
tālis — in Seneca, ch. IX
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tālis | tālis | tāle |
| genitive | tālis | tālis | tālis |
| dative | tālī | tālī | tālī |
| accusative | tālem | tālem | tāle |
| ablative | tālī | tālī | tālī |
| vocative | tālis | tālis | tāle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tālēs | tālēs | tālia |
| genitive | tālium | tālium | tālium |
| dative | tālibus | tālibus | tālibus |
| accusative | tālīs tālēs | tālīs tālēs | tālia |
| ablative | tālibus | tālibus | tālibus |
| vocative | tālēs | tālēs | tālia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- sermo inductus a tali exordio
- the conversation began in this way.
- talem vitae exitum (not finem) habuit (Nep. Eum. 13)
- such was the end of... (used of a violent death).
tālis, e, adj. demonstr. stem to-, cf. Gr. τηλίκος,
I. such, of such a kind, nature, or quality, such like; with a corresp. qualis, atque, ut, qui, or absol.
I. Ingen.
A. With correlatives.
1. With qualis:
talis est quaeque res publica, qualis ejus aut natura aut voluntas, qui illam regit, Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47: ut facillime, quales simus, tales esse videamur, id. Off. 2, 13, 44: cum esset talis, qualem te esse video, id. Mur. 14, 32; id. Rep. 1, 26, 41: quale solet viscum virere ... Talis erat species, Verg. A. 6, 208; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47.—2. With atque:
faxo tali eum mactatum, atque hic est, infortunio, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 39: honos tali populi Romani voluntate paucis est delatus ac mihi, Cic. Vatin. 4, 10.—3. With ut:
tales nos esse putamus, ut jure laudemur, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 91: nunc rationem videtis esse talem, ut, etc., id. Rep. 2, 22, 39: talia esse scio, ut, etc., Liv. 42, 42, 7.—4. With qui:
talem te esse oportet, qui primum te ab impiorum civium societate sejungas, Cic. Fam. 10, 6, 3: ultima talis erit, quae mea prima fides, Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 34; Stat. Th. 2, 170.—B. Absol.
1. In gen., such, the like: sin est probus (Cresphontes maritus meus), Cur talem invitam invitum cogis linquere? Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 158 Vahl.):
quoi in re tali jam subvenisti antidhac, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 26: aliquid tale putavi fore, Cic. Att. 16, 8, 2: tantum abest, ut et ipsi tale quicquam facturi fueritis, Liv. 26, 31, 5: a quo tale quid dictum referretur, id. 5, 1, 7: quod erit ejusmodi, nihil ut tale ullā in re publicā reperiatur, Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42: omnem legem esse laudabilem, quibusdam talibus argumentis docent, id. Leg. 2, 5, 11; cf. id. Univ. 7: haec taliaque vociferantes, Liv. 5, 2, 13; cf. Tac. A. 11, 24: nil metuens tale, Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 67.—2. Esp., in discourse, etc., referring to something that follows, the following, as follows, such as this, etc.: talia commemorat lacrimans, exterrita somno: Eurydica, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 37 Vahl.):
talia fatur: Salve, etc., Verg. A. 5, 79; 1, 559; 6, 372: talia tum placido Saturnius edidit ore: dicite, etc., Ov. M. 8, 703: id tale est: occidisti hominem, etc., Quint. 7, 1, 6; cf. id. 5, 10, 82; 9, 2, 41: quae talia, Verg. A. 7, 21; 10, 298: tali modo liberatus est, as follows, Nep. Cim. 2, 1.—II. In partic., pregn., like the Gr. τοιόσδε or τοιοῦτος, of such an especial kind or nature (both in a good and a bad sense), so distinguished, great, excellent, good, beautiful, fine, etc., so great, extreme, bad, etc., such emphatically, = tantus:
ubi tu, talis vir, falsum autumas, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 2: oculos corrumpis talis, id. Merc. 3, 1, 3: talem, tali genere atque animo natum ex tantā familiā, Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 10: istam times, ne illum talem praeripiat tibi, id. Eun. 1, 2, 81; cf.: quibus rebus tantis, talibus gestis, quid fuit causae, cur, etc.? Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 71: quae tuā sponte faceres in hominem tantum et talem, calamitosum, id. Fam. 13, 66, 1: urbes tantas atque tales, id. N. D. 3, 38, 92; id. Fam. 15, 4, 14: quid negotii geritur, in quo ille tot et tales viros defatigat? id. Quint. 13, 42: judices tali dignitate praediti, id. Clu. 53, 147; Caes. B. C. 1, 53: pro tali facinore, id. B. G. 6, 34 fin.; Sall. J. 10, 8: tamen is ad id locorum talis vir consulatum petere non audebat, id. ib. 63, 6: tali tempore, at so critical a time, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 1; Liv. 22, 35, 7; 30, 37, 8; Verg. A. 11, 303 al.—Hence, adv.: tālĭter, in such wise, in such sort, so (post-Aug.): qualiter ... taliter, Mart. 5, 7, 3; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 124; Pall. 9, 8, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tālis e, adj.,
such, of such a kind, such like, the like : aliquid tale putavi fore: tale quicquam facere, L.: nihil ut tale ullā in re p. reperiatur: nil metuens tale, O.—With qualis: talis est quaeque res p., qualis eius natura, qui illam regit: Quale solet viscum virere . . . Talis erat species, V.— With atque: Faxo tali eum mactatum, atque hic est, infortunio, T.: honos tali populi R. voluntate paucis est delatus ac mihi.—With ut: tales nos esse putamus, ut iure laudemur: talia esse scio, ut, etc., L.—With qui: talem te esse oportet, qui primum te seiungas, etc.—Referring to what is to be said, the following, as follows, such as this, thus, these words: talia fatur: Salve, etc., V.: tali modo liberatus, as follows, N.—Of such an especial kind, so distinguished, so great, so extreme, such: Talem, tali ingenio, etc., T.: quibus rebus tantis talibus gestis, etc.: urbīs tantas atque talīs: pro tali facinore, Cs.: in tali tempore, at so critical a time, L.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *tālis, from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“demonstrative stem”) and maybe *h₂el- (“to grow”) (compare the suffix -ālis, as well as the sense of indolēs, from this root). Cognate with Ancient Greek τηλίκος (tēlíkos, “of such an age”), Welsh talu (“to pay”), Proto-Slavic *toliko (“this much”).
Descendants
- Catalantal
- Frenchtel
- Italiantale
- Occitantal
- Portuguesetal
- Romaniantare
- Romanianatare
- Spanishtal
- Aragonesetal
- Corsicantali