cardinalis

See also: Cardinalis

Latin

Etymology

From cardō (“door hinge”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kar.diˈnaː.lis/, [kärd̪ɪˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kar.diˈna.lis/, [kärd̪iˈnäːlis]

Adjective

cardinālis (neuter cardināle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of or pertaining to a door hinge
2. principal, chief, cardinal; that upon which something depends

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	cardinālis	cardināle		cardinālēs	cardinālia
genitive	cardinālis			cardinālium
dative	cardinālī			cardinālibus
accusative	cardinālem	cardināle		cardinālēs cardinālīs	cardinālia
ablative	cardinālī			cardinālibus
vocative	cardinālis	cardināle		cardinālēs	cardinālia

Derived terms

• cardināliter

Descendants

• English: cardinal
• French: cardinal
• Galician: cardeal, cardinal
• Italian: cardinale
• Norman: cardinna (Jersey)
• Piedmontese: cardinal
• Polish: kardynał
• Portuguese: cardinal, cardeal
• Romanian: cardinal
• Spanish: cardinal
• Translingual: Cardinalis

Noun

cardinalis

cardinālis m (genitive cardinālis); third declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) cardinal; originally chief presbyter
2. (grammar) cardinal numeral

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	cardinālis	cardinālēs
genitive	cardinālis	cardinālium
dative	cardinālī	cardinālibus
accusative	cardinālem	cardinālēs cardinālīs
ablative	cardināle	cardinālibus
vocative	cardinālis	cardinālēs

Derived terms

• cardinālitās

Descendants

• English: cardinal
• French: cardinal
• Italian: cardinale
• Norman: cardinna (Jersey)
• Portuguese: cardeal, cardenal
• Romanian: cardinal
• Spanish: cardenal, cardinal

References

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