criminalis

Latin

Etymology

From crīmen +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kriː.miˈnaː.lis/, [kriːmɪˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kri.miˈna.lis/, [krimiˈnäːlis]

Adjective

crīminālis (neuter crīmināle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (Late Latin, Juridical Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) criminal

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	crīminālis	crīmināle		crīminālēs	crīminālia
Genitive	crīminālis			crīminālium
Dative	crīminālī			crīminālibus
Accusative	crīminālem	crīmināle		crīminālēs crīminālīs	crīminālia
Ablative	crīminālī			crīminālibus
Vocative	crīminālis	crīmināle		crīminālēs	crīminālia

Descendants

• Catalan: criminal
• English: criminal
• French: criminel
• Galician: criminal
• German: kriminell
• Italian: criminale
• Portuguese: criminal
• Romanian: criminal
• Spanish: criminal
• → Swedish: kriminal-, kriminell

References

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