matricalis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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

Descendants
  • English: madrigal
  • Italian: madrigale

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.
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