uncialis
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]uncia (“ounce, the twelfth part of something”) + -ālis
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /un.kiˈaː.lis/, [ʊŋkiˈäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /un.t͡ʃiˈa.lis/, [un̠ʲt͡ʃiˈäːlis]
Adjective
[edit]unciālis (neuter unciāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- uncial (of or pertaining to a twelfth part or ounce)
- (Late Latin) uncial (of or pertaining to the uncial style of writing)
- unciālēs litterae ― uncial letters
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | unciālis | unciāle | unciālēs | unciālia | |
| genitive | unciālis | unciālium | |||
| dative | unciālī | unciālibus | |||
| accusative | unciālem | unciāle | unciālēs unciālīs |
unciālia | |
| ablative | unciālī | unciālibus | |||
| vocative | unciālis | unciāle | unciālēs | unciālia | |
Descendants
[edit]- → Italian: onciale (semi-learned)
References
[edit]- “uncialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vnciales in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- uncialis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.