superficialis
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From superficiēs (“top, surface”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /su.per.fi.kiˈaː.lis/, [s̠ʊpɛrfɪkiˈäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /su.per.fi.t͡ʃiˈa.lis/, [superfit͡ʃiˈäːlis]
Adjective
[edit]superficiālis (neuter superficiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Late Latin)
- (literal) of or pertaining to the surface; superficial
- (figurative) superficial
Inflection
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
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masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
nominative | superficiālis | superficiāle | superficiālēs | superficiālia | |
genitive | superficiālis | superficiālium | |||
dative | superficiālī | superficiālibus | |||
accusative | superficiālem | superficiāle | superficiālēs superficiālīs |
superficiālia | |
ablative | superficiālī | superficiālibus | |||
vocative | superficiālis | superficiāle | superficiālēs | superficiālia |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]superficiālis
- → Catalan: superficial
- → English: superficial
- → French: superficiel
- → Friulian: superficiâl
- → Italian: superficiale
- → Piedmontese: superficial
- → Portuguese: superficial
- → Romanian: superficial
- → Spanish: superficial
References
[edit]- “superficialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- superficialis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.