Latin edit

Etymology edit

From earlier suodālis, from Proto-Italic *sweðālis, equivalent to suescō (I am used to) with the suffix -ālis. Compare Ancient Greek ἧλιξ (hêlix).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sodālis m or f (genitive sodālis); third declension

  1. companion, mate, fellow, intimate, comrade, crony
    Synonyms: amīcus, necessārius, comes, concordia
  2. accomplice, conspirator
    Synonym: coniūrātus

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in ).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sodālis sodālēs
Genitive sodālis sodālium
Dative sodālī sodālibus
Accusative sodālem sodālēs
sodālīs
Ablative sodālī sodālibus
Vocative sodālis sodālēs

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • sodalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sodalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sodalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN