facialis

Latin

Etymology

From faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fa.kiˈaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fa.t͡ʃiˈaː.lis]

Adjective

faciālis (neuter faciāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. face-to-face, open, direct
2. (relational) facial

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Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	faciālis	faciāle		faciālēs	faciālia
genitive	faciālis			faciālium
dative	faciālī			faciālibus
accusative	faciālem	faciāle		faciālīs faciālēs	faciālia
ablative	faciālī			faciālibus
vocative	faciālis	faciāle		faciālēs	faciālia

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: facial
• English: facial
• French: facial
• Galician: facial
• Italian: facciale
• Portuguese: facial
• Spanish: facial

References

• "facialis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016