facialis
Latin
Etymology
From faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fa.kiˈaː.lis/, [fäkiˈäːlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fa.t͡ʃiˈa.lis/, [fät͡ʃiˈäːlis]
Adjective
faciālis (neuter faciāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)
- face-to-face, open, direct
- (relational) facial
Inflection
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | faciālis | faciāle | faciālēs | faciālia | |
| Genitive | faciālis | faciālium | |||
| Dative | faciālī | faciālibus | |||
| Accusative | faciālem | faciāle | faciālēs faciālīs | faciālia | |
| Ablative | faciālī | faciālibus | |||
| Vocative | faciālis | faciāle | faciālēs | faciālia | |
Descendants
Descendants of facialis in other languages
- Catalan: facial
- English: facial
- French: facial
- Galician: facial
- Italian: facciale
- Portuguese: facial
- Spanish: facial
References
- facialis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- facialis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- facialis in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016