diagonalis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /di.a.ɡoːˈnaː.lis/, [d̪iäɡoːˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.a.ɡoˈna.lis/, [d̪iäɡoˈnäːlis]

Adjective

diagōnālis (neuter diagōnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. diagonal

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	diagōnālis	diagōnāle		diagōnālēs	diagōnālia
genitive	diagōnālis			diagōnālium
dative	diagōnālī			diagōnālibus
accusative	diagōnālem	diagōnāle		diagōnālēs diagōnālīs	diagōnālia
ablative	diagōnālī			diagōnālibus
vocative	diagōnālis	diagōnāle		diagōnālēs	diagōnālia

Descendants

• Catalan: diagonal
• French: diagonal
• Galician: diagonal
• Italian: diagonale
• Portuguese: diagonal
• Romanian: diagonal
• Spanish: diagonal

References

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