matricalis

Latin

Etymology

From mātrīx (“womb, matrix”) +‎ -ālis, from māter (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maː.triˈkaː.lis/, [mäːt̪rɪˈkäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.triˈka.lis/, [mät̪riˈkäːlis]

Adjective

mātricālis (neuter mātricāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (post-Classical) matrical, of or pertaining to the womb or matrix.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	mātricālis	mātricāle		mātricālēs	mātricālia
genitive	mātricālis			mātricālium
dative	mātricālī			mātricālibus
accusative	mātricālem	mātricāle		mātricālēs mātricālīs	mātricālia
ablative	mātricālī			mātricālibus
vocative	mātricālis	mātricāle		mātricālēs	mātricālia

Related terms

• māter
• mātercula
• māterfamiliās
• māternitās
• māternus
• mātertera
• mātrālis
• mātrēscō
• mātricīda
• mātricīdium
• mātrīcula
• mātrīculārius
• mātrimōniālis
• mātrimōnium
• mātrimus
• mātrīx
• mātrōna
• mātrōnālis
• mātrōnātus
• mātruēlis

Descendants

• Italian: madrigale
  • → English: madrigal
  • → French: madrigal
  • → Serbo-Croatian: madrigal
  • → Spanish: madrigal

References

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