dotalis

Latin

Etymology

dōt-, stem of dōs (“dowry”) +‎ -ālis

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /doːˈtaː.lis/, [d̪oːˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /doˈta.lis/, [d̪oˈt̪äːlis]

Adjective

dōtālis (neuter dōtāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of or belonging to a dowry or a portion thereof (particularly the wife's portion); dotal

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dōtālis	dōtāle		dōtālēs	dōtālia
genitive	dōtālis			dōtālium
dative	dōtālī			dōtālibus
accusative	dōtālem	dōtāle		dōtālēs dōtālīs	dōtālia
ablative	dōtālī			dōtālibus
vocative	dōtālis	dōtāle		dōtālēs	dōtālia

Descendants

• Italian: dotale
• Portuguese: dotal
• Spanish: dotal

References

• “dotalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dotalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers