universalis

Latin

Etymology

From ūniversus +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [uː.nɪ.wɛrˈsaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [u.ni.verˈsaː.lis]

Adjective

ūniversālis (neuter ūniversāle, adverb ūniversāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. universal
2. general

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	ūniversālis	ūniversāle		ūniversālēs	ūniversālia
genitive	ūniversālis			ūniversālium
dative	ūniversālī			ūniversālibus
accusative	ūniversālem	ūniversāle		ūniversālīs ūniversālēs	ūniversālia
ablative	ūniversālī			ūniversālibus
vocative	ūniversālis	ūniversāle		ūniversālēs	ūniversālia

Descendants

• Catalan: universal
• Danish: universal
• Galician: universal
• German: universal
• Italian: universale
• Occitan: universal
• Old French: universal
  • French: universel
  • → Middle English: universal
    • English: universal
• Polish: uniwersalny; uniwersał
• Portuguese: universal
• Romanian: universal
• Sicilian: univirsali
• Spanish: universal

References

• “universalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “universalis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.