dorsalis

Latin

Alternative forms

• dorsuālis

Etymology

From dorsum (“the back”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dorˈsaː.lis/, [d̪ɔrˈs̠äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dorˈsa.lis/, [d̪orˈsäːlis]

Adjective

dorsālis (neuter dorsāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. dorsal; of or pertaining to the back

   Antonym: ventrālis

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	dorsālis	dorsāle		dorsālēs	dorsālia
Genitive	dorsālis			dorsālium
Dative	dorsālī			dorsālibus
Accusative	dorsālem	dorsāle		dorsālēs dorsālīs	dorsālia
Ablative	dorsālī			dorsālibus
Vocative	dorsālis	dorsāle		dorsālēs	dorsālia

Derived terms

• dorsuālia

Descendants

Descendants of dorsalis

• → Catalan: dorsal
• → English: dorsal
• → French: dorsal
• → German: dorsal
• → Italian: dorsale
• → Portuguese: dorsal
• → Romanian: dorsal
• → Spanish: dorsal

References

• “dorsualis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press