linealis

Latin

Etymology

From līnea (“line”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /liː.neˈaː.lis/, [lʲiːneˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.neˈa.lis/, [lineˈäːlis]

Adjective

līneālis (neuter līneāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. consisting of lines, linear, lineal

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	līneālis	līneāle		līneālēs	līneālia
Genitive	līneālis			līneālium
Dative	līneālī			līneālibus
Accusative	līneālem	līneāle		līneālēs līneālīs	līneālia
Ablative	līneālī			līneālibus
Vocative	līneālis	līneāle		līneālēs	līneālia

Synonyms

• (consisting of lines): līneāris

Related terms

• līnea
• līneāmentum
• līneāris
• līneārius
• līneātiō
• līneō
• līneola

Descendants

• Catalan: lineal
• English: lineal
• Galician: lineal
• Italian: lineale
• Portuguese: lineal
• Spanish: lineal

References

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