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Latin
Etymology
From gignō (“to bear, to produce”) + -ālis (“-al: forming relational adjectives”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
genitālis (neuter genitāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Of or relating to generation or birth.
- Fruitful, productive, generative.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Descendants
References
- “genitalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “genitalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- genitalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.