Latin edit

Etymology edit

From in- +‎ līberālis.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

illīberālis (neuter illīberāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. ignoble, ungenerous, sordid, mean, disobliging
  2. niggardly, grasping

Declension edit

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative illīberālis illīberāle illīberālēs illīberālia
Genitive illīberālis illīberālium
Dative illīberālī illīberālibus
Accusative illīberālem illīberāle illīberālēs
illīberālīs
illīberālia
Ablative illīberālī illīberālibus
Vocative illīberālis illīberāle illīberālēs illīberālia

Descendants edit

  • Italian: illiberale
  • Spanish: iliberal

References edit

  • illiberalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • illiberalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • illiberalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • illiberalis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016