victualis

Latin

Etymology

From victus +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯ik.tuˈaː.lis/, [u̯ɪkt̪uˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vik.tuˈa.lis/, [vikt̪uˈäːlis]

Adjective

victuālis (neuter victuāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. nutritional

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	vīctuālis	vīctuāle		vīctuālēs	vīctuālia
Genitive	vīctuālis			vīctuālium
Dative	vīctuālī			vīctuālibus
Accusative	vīctuālem	vīctuāle		vīctuālēs vīctuālīs	vīctuālia
Ablative	vīctuālī			vīctuālibus
Vocative	vīctuālis	vīctuāle		vīctuālēs	vīctuālia

Descendants

• English: victual
• Old French: vitaille
  • French: victuaille
• Galician: vitualla, bitalla
• Italian: vettovaglia
• German: Viktualien
• Spanish: vitualla
• Portuguese: vitualha

References

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