LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

virginālis

virginālis (neuter virgināle)
Classical[wɪr.ɡɪˈnaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[vir.d͡ʒiˈnaː.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationmaidenly; of or pertaining to a maiden or virgin

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevirginālisvirginālisvirgināle
genitivevirginālisvirginālisvirginālis
dativevirginālīvirginālīvirginālī
accusativevirginālemvirginālemvirgināle
ablativevirginālīvirginālīvirginālī
vocativevirginālisvirginālisvirgināle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevirginālēsvirginālēsvirginālia
genitivevirgināliumvirgināliumvirginālium
dativevirginālibusvirginālibusvirginālibus
accusativevirginālīs
virginālēs		virginālīs
virginālēs		virginālia
ablativevirginālibusvirginālibusvirginālibus
vocativevirginālēsvirginālēsvirginālia

virgĭnālis, e, adj. virgo,
I. of or belonging to a maiden or virgin, maidenly, virgin, virginal.
I. Adj.: habitus, vestitus, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5: forma, Gell. 14, 4, 2: modestia, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66: verecundia, Cic. Quint. 11, 39; App. M. 1, p. 112, 32: ploratus, a wailing like a girl, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: feles, a girl-stealer, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 43; cf. virginarius: Fortuna, i. e. Venus, as the tutelary goddess of maidens, Arn. 2, 91 (cf. Varr. ap. Non. 149, 25).—
II. Subst.: virgĭnāle, is, n., = pudenda muliebria, Phaedr. 4, 14, 14; also in the form virginal, Prud. στεφ. 14, 8; Sol. 1 med.; and in plur.: virginalia, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin virginālis From virgō (“maid, virgin”) + -ālis.

Descendants
  • Englishvirginal
  • Frenchvirginal
  • Italianverginale
  • Portuguesevirginal
  • Romanianvirginal
  • Spanishvirginal
  • Galicianvirxinal

In English words that came into English from virginālis

  • virginalvirginālis

Quick answers

What does virginālis mean in Latin?
virginālis, a adjective, means “maidenly; of or pertaining to a maiden or virgin”.
How do you pronounce virginālis?
In classical Latin, [wɪr.ɡɪˈnaː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vir.d͡ʒiˈnaː.lis].