officinalis

Latin

Etymology

officīna +‎ -ālis

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /of.fi.kiːˈnaː.lis/, [ɔfːɪkiːˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /of.fi.t͡ʃiˈna.lis/, [ofːit͡ʃiˈnäːlis]

Adjective

officīnālis (neuter officīnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (relational) workshop, laboratory, office
2. (botany) medicinal

Usage notes

In New Latin, within taxonomic binomial nomenclature, officinalis (officinale) is a specific epithet in many genera of organisms, mainly plants, denoting a species that is of interest to, and is kept in, a place for pharmacy activity, including compounding; it names a kind of plant or other organism that, etymonically, belongs to a monastery's room for such activity and thus, by extension, of the herbalist's/pharmacist's/chemist's shop or physician's office (for example, Asparagus officinalis, Sisymbrium officinale, Galega officinalis; for more information see officinalis.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	officīnālis	officīnāle		officīnālēs	officīnālia
genitive	officīnālis			officīnālium
dative	officīnālī			officīnālibus
accusative	officīnālem	officīnāle		officīnālēs officīnālīs	officīnālia
ablative	officīnālī			officīnālibus
vocative	officīnālis	officīnāle		officīnālēs	officīnālia

Descendants

• Translingual: Dactylon officinale