novercalis
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]noverca (“stepmother”) + -ālis
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /no.u̯erˈkaː.lis/, [nou̯ɛrˈkäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /no.verˈka.lis/, [noverˈkäːlis]
Adjective
[edit]novercālis (neuter novercāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- of or belonging to one's stepmother
- stepmotherly; hostile, malevolent
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | novercālis | novercāle | novercālēs | novercālia | |
| genitive | novercālis | novercālium | |||
| dative | novercālī | novercālibus | |||
| accusative | novercālem | novercāle | novercālēs novercālīs |
novercālia | |
| ablative | novercālī | novercālibus | |||
| vocative | novercālis | novercāle | novercālēs | novercālia | |
References
[edit]- “novercalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “novercalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- novercalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.