paenitentialis

Latin

Alternative forms

• pēnitentiālis
• poenitentiālis

Etymology

From paenitentia (“repentance, penitence”) +‎ -ālis, from paenitēns (“repenting”), present active participle of paeniteō (“regret, repent”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pae̯.ni.ten.tiˈaː.lis/, [päe̯nɪt̪ɛn̪t̪iˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.ni.ten.t͡siˈa.lis/, [penit̪ent̪͡s̪iˈäːlis]

Adjective

paenitentiālis (neuter paenitentiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of or pertaining to penitence, penitential.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	paenitentiālis	paenitentiāle		paenitentiālēs	paenitentiālia
genitive	paenitentiālis			paenitentiālium
dative	paenitentiālī			paenitentiālibus
accusative	paenitentiālem	paenitentiāle		paenitentiālēs paenitentiālīs	paenitentiālia
ablative	paenitentiālī			paenitentiālibus
vocative	paenitentiālis	paenitentiāle		paenitentiālēs	paenitentiālia

Related terms

• paenitendus
• paenitēns
• paenitentia
• paeniteō
• paenitūdō

Descendants

• Catalan: penitencial
• English: penitential
• French: pénitentiel
• Spanish: penitencial

Noun

paenitentiālis m (genitive paenitentiālis); third declension

1. (religion) a priest appointed to hear the confessions of penitents, a confessor (short for paenitentiālis presbyter)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	paenitentiālis	paenitentiālēs
genitive	paenitentiālis	paenitentiālium
dative	paenitentiālī	paenitentiālibus
accusative	paenitentiālem	paenitentiālēs paenitentiālīs
ablative	paenitentiāle	paenitentiālibus
vocative	paenitentiālis	paenitentiālēs

References

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