facialis

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Latin

Etymology

From faciēs (form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance) +‎ -ālis (-al, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

faciālis (neuter faciāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

  1. face-to-face, open, direct
  2. (relational) facial
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Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Descendants

References

  • facialis 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)
  • facialis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • facialis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016