localis

Latin

Etymology

From locus +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /loˈkaː.lis/, [ɫ̪ɔˈkäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /loˈka.lis/, [loˈkäːlis]

Adjective

locālis (neuter locāle, adverb locāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Belong to a place; local

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	locālis	locāle		locālēs	locālia
Genitive	locālis			locālium
Dative	locālī			locālibus
Accusative	locālem	locāle		locālēs locālīs	locālia
Ablative	locālī			locālibus
Vocative	locālis	locāle		locālēs	locālia

Related terms

• locus

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: locale (“room”)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: llugar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: logar
    • Fala: lugal
    • Galician: lugar
    • Portuguese: lugar
  • Old Spanish: logar
    • Spanish: lugar
• Borrowings:
  • → Asturian: local
  • → Catalan: local
  • → English: local, locale
  • → French: local
    • → Danish: lokale
    • → Romanian: local
    • → Turkish: lokal
  • → Galician: local
  • → Hungarian: lokális
  • → Italian: locale (“local”)
  • → Piedmontese: local
  • → Portuguese: local
  • → Spanish: local

References

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