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): /u̯eːrˈnaː.lis/, [u̯eːrˈnäːlʲɪs̠] or IPA^(key): /u̯erˈnaː.lis/, [u̯ɛrˈnäːlʲɪs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /verˈna.lis/, [verˈnäːlis]

Adjective

vē̆rnālis (neuter vē̆rnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

(relational) spring (the season); vernal

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	vē̆rnālis	vē̆rnāle	vē̆rnālēs	vē̆rnālia
Genitive	vē̆rnālis		vē̆rnālium
Dative	vē̆rnālī		vē̆rnālibus
Accusative	vē̆rnālem	vē̆rnāle	vē̆rnālēs vē̆rnālīs	vē̆rnālia
Ablative	vē̆rnālī		vē̆rnālibus
Vocative	vē̆rnālis	vē̆rnāle	vē̆rnālēs	vē̆rnālia

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: vernal
→ English: vernal
→ Italian: vernale
→ Portuguese: vernal
→ Spanish: 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
vernalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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