superficialis
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From superficiēs (“top, surface”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /su.per.fi.kiˈaː.lis/, [s̠ʊpɛrfɪkiˈäːlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /su.per.fi.t͡ʃiˈa.lis/, [superfit͡ʃiˈäːlis]
AdjectiveEdit
superficiālis (neuter superficiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Late Latin)
- (literally) of or pertaining to the surface; superficial
- (figurative) superficial
InflectionEdit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | superficiālis | superficiāle | superficiālēs | superficiālia | |
| Genitive | superficiālis | superficiālium | |||
| Dative | superficiālī | superficiālibus | |||
| Accusative | superficiālem | superficiāle | superficiālēs superficiālīs |
superficiālia | |
| Ablative | superficiālī | superficiālibus | |||
| Vocative | superficiālis | superficiāle | superficiālēs | superficiālia | |
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Descendants of superficiālis in other languages
- → Catalan: superficial
- → English: superficial
- → French: superficiel
- → Friulian: superficiâl
- → Italian: superficiale
- → Piedmontese: superficial
- → Portuguese: superficial
- → Romanian: superficial
- → Spanish: superficial
ReferencesEdit
- “superficialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- superficialis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette