litteralis

Latin

Etymology

From littera +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lit.teˈraː.lis/, [lʲɪt̪ːɛˈräːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lit.teˈra.lis/, [lit̪ːeˈräːlis]

Adjective

litterālis (neuter litterāle, adverb litterāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. literary
2. epistolary

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	litterālis	litterāle		litterālēs	litterālia
Genitive	litterālis			litterālium
Dative	litterālī			litterālibus
Accusative	litterālem	litterāle		litterālēs litterālīs	litterālia
Ablative	litterālī			litterālibus
Vocative	litterālis	litterāle		litterālēs	litterālia

Descendants

• English: literal
• French: littéral
• Galician: literal
• Italian: letterale
• Portuguese: literal
• Romanian: literal
• Spanish: literal

References

• “litteralis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• litteralis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.