arvalis

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Latin

Etymology

From arvum (field) +‎ -ālis, substantive of arvus (ploughed; arable); from arō (plow, till).

Pronunciation

Adjective

arvālis (neuter arvāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a cultivated field.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Descendants

  • Italian: arvale
  • Spanish: arval

References

  • arvalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • arvalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.