idealis

Latin

Etymology

From idea (“idea”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪ.deˈaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.deˈaː.lis]

Adjective

ideālis (neuter ideāle, adverb ideāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (Late Latin) ideal

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	ideālis	ideāle		ideālēs	ideālia
genitive	ideālis			ideālium
dative	ideālī			ideālibus
accusative	ideālem	ideāle		ideālīs ideālēs	ideālia
ablative	ideālī			ideālibus
vocative	ideālis	ideāle		ideālēs	ideālia

Derived terms

• ideālitās

Descendants

• → English: ideal
• → German: ideal
• → French: idéal
• → Italian: ideale
• → Dutch: ideaal
• → Portuguese: ideal
• → Spanish: ideal

References

• “idealis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “idealis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• idealis in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung