officinalis
Latin
Etymology
officīna + -ālis
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /of.fi.kiːˈnaː.lis/, [ɔfːɪkiːˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /of.fi.t͡ʃiˈna.lis/, [ofːit͡ʃiˈnäːlis]
Adjective
officīnālis (neuter officīnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (relational) workshop, laboratory, office
- (botany) medicinal
Usage notes
In New Latin, within taxonomic binomial nomenclature, officinalis (officinale) is a specific epithet in many genera of organisms, mainly plants, denoting a species that is of interest to, and is kept in, a place for pharmacy activity, including compounding; it names a kind of plant or other organism that, etymonically, belongs to a monastery's room for such activity and thus, by extension, of the herbalist's/pharmacist's/chemist's shop or physician's office (for example, Asparagus officinalis, Sisymbrium officinale, Galega officinalis; for more information see officinalis.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | officīnālis | officīnāle | officīnālēs | officīnālia | |
| Genitive | officīnālis | officīnālium | |||
| Dative | officīnālī | officīnālibus | |||
| Accusative | officīnālem | officīnāle | officīnālēs officīnālīs | officīnālia | |
| Ablative | officīnālī | officīnālibus | |||
| Vocative | officīnālis | officīnāle | officīnālēs | officīnālia | |
Descendants
- Translingual: Dactylon officinale