cardinalis

See also: Cardinalis

Latin

Etymology

From cardō (“door hinge”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kar.diˈnaː.lis/, [kärd̪ɪˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kar.diˈna.lis/, [kärd̪iˈnäːlis]

Adjective

cardinālis (neuter cardināle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of or pertaining to a door hinge
2. principal, chief, cardinal; that upon which something depends

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	cardinālis	cardināle		cardinālēs	cardinālia
Genitive	cardinālis			cardinālium
Dative	cardinālī			cardinālibus
Accusative	cardinālem	cardināle		cardinālēs cardinālīs	cardinālia
Ablative	cardinālī			cardinālibus
Vocative	cardinālis	cardināle		cardinālēs	cardinālia

Derived terms

• cardināliter

Descendants

• English: cardinal
• French: cardinal
• Galician: cardeal, cardinal
• Italian: cardinale
• Norman: cardinna (Jersey)
• Piedmontese: cardinal
• Polish: kardynał
• Portuguese: cardinal, cardeal
• Romanian: cardinal
• Spanish: cardinal
• Translingual: Cardinalis

Noun

cardinalis

cardinālis m (genitive cardinālis); third declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) cardinal; originally chief presbyter
2. (grammar) cardinal numeral

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cardinālis	cardinālēs
Genitive	cardinālis	cardinālium
Dative	cardinālī	cardinālibus
Accusative	cardinālem	cardinālēs cardinālīs
Ablative	cardināle	cardinālibus
Vocative	cardinālis	cardinālēs

Derived terms

• cardinālitās

Descendants

• English: cardinal
• French: cardinal
• Italian: cardinale
• Norman: cardinna (Jersey)
• Portuguese: cardeal, cardenal
• Romanian: cardinal
• Spanish: cardenal, cardinal

References

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