specialis
See also: speciális
Latin
Etymology
Derived from speci(ēs) (“kind”, “type”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /spe.kiˈaː.lis/, [s̠pɛkiˈäːlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /spe.t͡ʃiˈa.lis/, [spet͡ʃiˈäːlis]
Adjective
speciālis (neuter speciāle, adverb speciāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- specific
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | speciālis | speciāle | speciālēs | speciālia | |
| Genitive | speciālis | speciālium | |||
| Dative | speciālī | speciālibus | |||
| Accusative | speciālem | speciāle | speciālēs speciālīs | speciālia | |
| Ablative | speciālī | speciālibus | |||
| Vocative | speciālis | speciāle | speciālēs | speciālia | |
Derived terms
- speciāliter
Descendants
- → Dutch: speciaal
- → English: special
- → French: spécial
- → German: spezial
- → Romanian: special
- Italian: speciale
- Occitan: especial
- Portuguese: especial
- Spanish: especial
References
- “specialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- specialis 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)
- specialis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette