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Latin
Etymology
dōt-, stem of dōs (“dowry”) + -ālis
Pronunciation
Adjective
dōtālis (neuter dōtāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- of or belonging to a dowry or a portion thereof (particularly the wife's portion); dotal
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Descendants
References
- “dotalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dotalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers