orbitalis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin orbitālis, clipping of mūsculus orbitālis (“orbital muscle”). Doublet of orbital.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɹ.bəˈteɪ.lɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪlɪs

Noun

orbitalis (plural orbitales)

1. (anatomy) A muscle that controls protrusion of the eyeball.

Latin

Pronunciation

• orbitālis: (Classical) IPA^(key): /or.biˈtaː.lis/, [ɔrbɪˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
• orbitālis: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /or.biˈta.lis/, [orbiˈt̪äːlis]
• orbitālīs: (Classical) IPA^(key): /or.biˈtaː.liːs/, [ɔrbɪˈt̪äːlʲiːs̠]
• orbitālīs: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /or.biˈta.lis/, [orbiˈt̪äːlis]

Etymology 1

From orbita (“a track or rut; a circuit, orbit”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Adjective

orbitālis (neuter orbitāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. Tracked, rutted.
2. Of or pertaining to a circuit or orbit; orbital.
   1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the orbit of the eye.

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	orbitālis	orbitāle		orbitālēs	orbitālia
Genitive	orbitālis			orbitālium
Dative	orbitālī			orbitālibus
Accusative	orbitālem	orbitāle		orbitālēs orbitālīs	orbitālia
Ablative	orbitālī			orbitālibus
Vocative	orbitālis	orbitāle		orbitālēs	orbitālia

Descendants

• → English: orbital, orbitalis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

orbitālīs

1. accusative masculine/feminine plural of orbitālis