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Latin
Etymology
vertex (“vortex”; “crown of the head”) + -ālis
Pronunciation
Adjective
verticālis (neuter verticāle, adverb verticāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) highest in the hierarchy[1]
- (New Latin, astronomy) located over the head, vertically above[2]
- (New Latin, taxonomy) whirling
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “verticalis”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill
- ^ uerticalis in Ramminger, Johann (2024 September 20 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016