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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From latus (“the side, flank”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Adjective
laterālis (neuter laterāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Of or belonging to the side; lateral.
- Antonym: mediālis
Inflection
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
laterālīs
- accusative masculine/feminine plural of laterālis
References
- “lateralis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lateralis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.