LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

unciālis

unciālis (neuter unciāle)
Classical[ʊŋ.kiˈaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[un̠ʲ.t͡ʃiˈaː.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationuncial (of or pertaining to a twelfth part or ounce)
  2. Late Latintwo terminationuncial (of or pertaining to the uncial style of writing)
    unciālēs litteraeuncial letters

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeunciālisunciālisunciāle
genitiveunciālisunciālisunciālis
dativeunciālīunciālīunciālī
accusativeunciālemunciālemunciāle
ablativeunciālīunciālīunciālī
vocativeunciālisunciālisunciāle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeunciālēsunciālēsunciālia
genitiveunciāliumunciāliumunciālium
dativeunciālibusunciālibusunciālibus
accusativeunciālīs
unciālēs		unciālīs
unciālēs		unciālia
ablativeunciālibusunciālibusunciālibus
vocativeunciālēsunciālēsunciālia

uncĭālis, e, adj. uncia,
I. of or belonging to a twelfth part, amounting to a twelfth part: asses, i. e. weighing an ounce, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 45; so, uva, id. 14, 3, 4, § 42: altitudo, of an inch, id. 18, 16, 43, § 146; so, litterae, Hier. prol. in Job fin.

Origins

Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin unciālis From uncia (“ounce, the twelfth part of something”) + -ālis.

Descendants
  • Italianonciale

In English words that came into English from unciālis

  • uncialunciales

Quick answers

What does unciālis mean in Latin?
unciālis, a adjective, means “uncial (of or pertaining to a twelfth part or ounce); uncial (of or pertaining to the uncial style of writing)”.
How do you pronounce unciālis?
In classical Latin, [ʊŋ.kiˈaː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [un̠ʲ.t͡ʃiˈaː.lis].