novercalis

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Latin

Etymology

noverca (“stepmother”) +‎ -ālis

Pronunciation

Adjective

novercālis (neuter novercāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. of or belonging to one's stepmother
  2. stepmotherly; hostile, malevolent

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative novercālis novercāle novercālēs novercālia
genitive novercālis novercālium
dative novercālī novercālibus
accusative novercālem novercāle novercālēs
novercālīs 		novercālia
ablative novercālī novercālibus
vocative novercālis novercāle novercālēs novercālia

References

  • “novercalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “novercalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • novercalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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