Latin edit

Etymology edit

From arvum (field) +‎ -ālis, substantive of arvus (ploughed; arable); from arō (plow, till).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

arvālis (neuter arvāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a cultivated field.

Declension edit

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative arvālis arvāle arvālēs arvālia
Genitive arvālis arvālium
Dative arvālī arvālibus
Accusative arvālem arvāle arvālēs
arvālīs
arvālia
Ablative arvālī arvālibus
Vocative arvālis arvāle arvālēs arvālia

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Italian: arvale
  • Spanish: arval

References edit

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