sexualis

Latin

Etymology

From sexus +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sek.suˈaː.lis/, [s̠ɛks̠uˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sek.suˈa.lis/, [seɡzuˈäːlis]

Adjective

sexuālis (neuter sexuāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. sexual

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	sexuālis	sexuāle		sexuālēs	sexuālia
genitive	sexuālis			sexuālium
dative	sexuālī			sexuālibus
accusative	sexuālem	sexuāle		sexuālēs sexuālīs	sexuālia
ablative	sexuālī			sexuālibus
vocative	sexuālis	sexuāle		sexuālēs	sexuālia

Derived terms

• sexuālitās

Descendants

• Asturian: sexual
• Catalan: sexual
• French: sexuel (see there for further descendants)
• Friulian: sessuâl
• Galician: sexual
• Italian: sessuale
• Occitan: sexual
• Piedmontese: sessual
• Portuguese: sexual
• Romanian: sexual
• Spanish: sexual

References

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