vernalis

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin *vesnālis, from Proto-Italic *wezor (“spring”) (oblique stem *wezn-) +‎ -ālis. (The expected outcome of *vesnālis would be vēnālis, but the actual outcome shows assimilation to vēr.)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /werˈnaː.lis/, [wɛrˈnaː.lɪs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /verˈna.lis/, [verˈnaː.lis]

Adjective

vernālis (neuter vernāle); third declension

spring (the season, attributive); vernal

Inflection

Third declension.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
nominative	vernālis	vernāle	vernālēs	vernālia
genitive	vernālis		vernālium
dative	vernālī		vernālibus
accusative	vernālem	vernāle	vernālēs, vernālīs	vernālia
ablative	vernālī		vernālibus
vocative	vernālis	vernāle	vernālēs	vernālia

Related terms

vēr

Descendants

English: vernal
Italian: vernale
Portuguese: vernal

References

vernalis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
vernalis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
vernalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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