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vocalis
vocalis
English
Noun
vocalis
- A triangular band of muscle, inserted into the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage, and into the adjacent portion of its anterior surface; it lies parallel with the vocal ligament, to which it is adherent.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /woːˈkaː.lis/, [woːˈkaː.lɪs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /voˈka.lis/, [voˈkaː.lis]
Etymology 1
Derived from the oblique stem vōc- of vōx (“voice”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).
Adjective
vōcālis m, f (neuter vōcāle); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | vōcālis | vōcāle | vōcālēs | vōcālia | |
| genitive | vōcālis | vōcālium | |||
| dative | vōcālī | vōcālibus | |||
| accusative | vōcālem | vōcāle | vōcālēs | vōcālia | |
| ablative | vōcālī | vōcālibus | |||
| vocative | vōcālis | vōcāle | vōcālēs | vōcālia | |
Derived terms
- vōcālitās
- vōcāliter
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun use of the adjective vōcālis, in elliptical use for littera vōcālis (literally “sounding letter”), a calque of Ancient Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen).
Noun
vōcālis f (genitive vōcālis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vōcālis | vōcālēs |
| genitive | vōcālis | vōcālium |
| dative | vōcālī | vōcālibus |
| accusative | vōcālem | vōcālēs |
| ablative | vōcāle | vōcālibus |
| vocative | vōcālis | vōcālēs |
Synonyms
Descendants
See also
References
- vocalis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vocalis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- VOCALIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vocalis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.