gentilis

Latin

Etymology 1

From gēns (“clan, tribe”) +‎ -īlis (“-ile”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛnˈtiː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒen̪ˈt̪iː.lis]

Adjective

gentīlis (neuter gentīle, adverb gentīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of or belonging to the same family or gēns: kinsman
2. of or relating to a tribe or clan: clansman, tribesman
3. of or belonging to the same people or nation
4. of slaves who bore the same name as their master
5. (poetic) foreign, exotic

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	gentīlis	gentīle		gentīlēs	gentīlia
genitive	gentīlis			gentīlium
dative	gentīlī			gentīlibus
accusative	gentīlem	gentīle		gentīlēs gentīlīs	gentīlia
ablative	gentīlī			gentīlibus
vocative	gentīlis	gentīle		gentīlēs	gentīlia

Derived terms

• gentīlēs
• gentīlicius
• gentīlitās
• gentīliter
• gentīlitius
• gentīlitus

Related terms

• gēns
• genticus

Descendants

• Bourguignon: janti
• English: gentle, gentry, genteel
• French: gentil
• Italian: gentile
• Portuguese: gentil
• Spanish: gentil

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Biblical Hebrew גּוֹי (goi).

Noun

gentīlis m (genitive gentīlis); third declension

1. heathen, pagan

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -ī).

	singular	plural
nominative	gentīlis	gentīlēs
genitive	gentīlis	gentīlium
dative	gentīlī	gentīlibus
accusative	gentīlem	gentīlēs gentīlīs
ablative	gentīlī	gentīlibus
vocative	gentīlis	gentīlēs

Descendants

• Bourguignon: janti
• English: gentile, Gentile
• French: gentil
• Italian: gentile
• Portuguese: gentio

• Tetum: jentiu

• Spanish: gentil

References

• “gentilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gentilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "gentilis", 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)
• “gentilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• gentilis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016