cubitalis

Latin

Etymology

From cubitum (“elbow, cubit”) +‎ -ālis (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ku.biˈtaː.lis/, [kʊbɪˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ku.biˈta.lis/, [kubiˈt̪äːlis]

Adjective

cubitālis (neuter cubitāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. a cubit in length
2. (relational) elbow

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	cubitālis	cubitāle		cubitālēs	cubitālia
genitive	cubitālis			cubitālium
dative	cubitālī			cubitālibus
accusative	cubitālem	cubitāle		cubitālēs cubitālīs	cubitālia
ablative	cubitālī			cubitālibus
vocative	cubitālis	cubitāle		cubitālēs	cubitālia

Descendants

• >? Mozarabic: qubtal
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: *covotelo
    • Galician: cotobelo
    • Portuguese: cotovelo
• Sardinian: cuidale, coidale
• → Italian: cubitale
• → Spanish: cubital

References

• “cubitalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cubitalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cubitalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.