ventralis

Latin

Etymology

From venter (“the belly, abdomen”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯enˈtraː.lis/, [u̯ɛn̪ˈt̪räːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /venˈtra.lis/, [ven̪ˈt̪räːlis]

Adjective

ventrālis (neuter ventrāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. ventral; of or pertaining to the belly

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	ventrālis	ventrāle		ventrālēs	ventrālia
genitive	ventrālis			ventrālium
dative	ventrālī			ventrālibus
accusative	ventrālem	ventrāle		ventrālēs ventrālīs	ventrālia
ablative	ventrālī			ventrālibus
vocative	ventrālis	ventrāle		ventrālēs	ventrālia

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “of the back”): dorsālis

Related terms

• ventricola

Descendants

• Catalan: ventral
• English: ventral
• French: ventral
• Galician: ventral
• Italian: ventrale
• Portuguese: ventral
• Spanish: ventral

References

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