Latin edit

Etymology edit

From sexus +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

sexuālis (neuter sexuāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. sexual

Declension edit

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative sexuālis sexuāle sexuālēs sexuālia
Genitive sexuālis sexuālium
Dative sexuālī sexuālibus
Accusative sexuālem sexuāle sexuālēs
sexuālīs
sexuālia
Ablative sexuālī sexuālibus
Vocative sexuālis sexuāle sexuālēs sexuālia

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Asturian: sexual
  • Catalan: sexual
  • French: sexuel (see there for further descendants)
  • Friulian: sessuâl
  • Galician: sexual
  • Italian: sessuale
  • Occitan: sexual
  • Piedmontese: sessual
  • Portuguese: sexual
  • Romanian: sexual
  • Spanish: sexual

References edit

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