novercalis
Latin
Etymology
noverca (“stepmother”) + -ālis
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /no.u̯erˈkaː.lis/, [nou̯ɛrˈkäːlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /no.verˈka.lis/, [noverˈkäːlis]
Adjective
novercālis (neuter novercāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- of or belonging to one's stepmother
- stepmotherly; hostile, malevolent
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | novercālis | novercāle | novercālēs | novercālia | |
| Genitive | novercālis | novercālium | |||
| Dative | novercālī | novercālibus | |||
| Accusative | novercālem | novercāle | novercālēs novercālīs | novercālia | |
| Ablative | novercālī | novercālibus | |||
| Vocative | novercālis | novercāle | novercālēs | novercālia | |
References
- “novercalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “novercalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- novercalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette