universalis

Latin

Etymology

From ūniversus +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uː.ni.u̯erˈsaː.lis/, [uːniu̯ɛrˈs̠äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.ni.verˈsa.lis/, [univerˈsäːlis]

Adjective

ūniversālis (neuter ūniversāle, adverb ūniversāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. universal
2. general

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	ūniversālis	ūniversāle		ūniversālēs	ūniversālia
Genitive	ūniversālis			ūniversālium
Dative	ūniversālī			ūniversālibus
Accusative	ūniversālem	ūniversāle		ūniversālēs ūniversālīs	ūniversālia
Ablative	ūniversālī			ūniversālibus
Vocative	ūniversālis	ūniversāle		ūniversālēs	ūniversālia

Descendants

• Catalan: universal
• Danish: universal
• Galician: universal
• German: universal
• Italian: universale
• Occitan: universal
• Old French: universal
  • French: universel
  • → Middle English: universal
    • English: universal
• Polish: uniwersalny; uniwersał
• Portuguese: universal
• Romanian: universal
• Sicilian: univirsali
• Spanish: universal

References

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