cardinalis

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See also: Cardinalis

Latin

Etymology

From cardō (“door hinge”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kar.diˈnaː.lis/, [kärd̪ɪˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kar.diˈna.lis/, [kärd̪iˈnäːlis]

Adjective

cardinālis (neuter cardināle); third-declension two-termination adjective

of or pertaining to a door hinge
principal, chief, cardinal; that upon which something depends

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
nominative	cardinālis	cardināle	cardinālēs	cardinālia
genitive	cardinālis		cardinālium
dative	cardinālī		cardinālibus
accusative	cardinālem	cardināle	cardinālēs cardinālīs	cardinālia
ablative	cardinālī		cardinālibus
vocative	cardinālis	cardināle	cardinālēs	cardinālia

Derived terms

cardināliter

Descendants

English: cardinal
French: cardinal
Galician: cardeal, cardinal
Italian: cardinale
Norman: cardinna (Jersey)
Piedmontese: cardinal
Polish: kardynał
Portuguese: cardinal, cardeal
Romanian: cardinal
Spanish: cardinal
Translingual: Cardinalis

Noun

cardinālis m (genitive cardinālis); third declension

(Ecclesiastical Latin) cardinal; originally chief presbyter
(grammar) cardinal numeral

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	cardinālis	cardinālēs
genitive	cardinālis	cardinālium
dative	cardinālī	cardinālibus
accusative	cardinālem	cardinālēs cardinālīs
ablative	cardināle	cardinālibus
vocative	cardinālis	cardinālēs

Derived terms

cardinālitās

Descendants

English: cardinal
French: cardinal
Italian: cardinale
Norman: cardinna (Jersey)
Portuguese: cardeal, cardenal
Romanian: cardinal
Spanish: cardenal, cardinal

References

“cardinalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
"cardinalis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
cardinalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.