clericalis

Latin

Etymology

From clēricus +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kleː.riˈkaː.lis/, [kɫ̪eːrɪˈkäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kle.riˈka.lis/, [kleriˈkäːlis]

Adjective

clēricālis (neuter clēricāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. clerical, priestly

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	clēricālis	clēricāle		clēricālēs	clēricālia
Genitive	clēricālis			clēricālium
Dative	clēricālī			clēricālibus
Accusative	clēricālem	clēricāle		clēricālēs clēricālīs	clēricālia
Ablative	clēricālī			clēricālibus
Vocative	clēricālis	clēricāle		clēricālēs	clēricālia

Descendants

• Catalan: clerical
• French: clérical
• Galician: clerical
• Italian: clericale
• Portuguese: clerical
• Romanian: clerical
• Spanish: clerical

References

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