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Latin
Etymology
From genius (“guardian spirit of a person”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
geniālis (neuter geniāle, adverb geniāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Of or pertaining to marriage; nuptial, genial.
- Of or pertaining to birth or generation.
- Of, pertaining or involving enjoyment or festivities; jovial, festive, genial.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “genialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “genialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- genialis 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)
- genialis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.