dorsalis
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From dorsum (“the back”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /dorˈsaː.lis/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dorˈsa.lis/,
Adjective
dorsālis (neuter dorsāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)
Inflection
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | dorsālis | dorsāle | dorsālēs | dorsālia | |
| genitive | dorsālis | dorsālium | |||
| dative | dorsālī | dorsālibus | |||
| accusative | dorsālem | dorsāle | dorsālēs dorsālīs |
dorsālia | |
| ablative | dorsālī | dorsālibus | |||
| vocative | dorsālis | dorsāle | dorsālēs | dorsālia | |
Derived terms
Descendants
Descendants
References
- “dorsualis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press