gentilis

Latin

Etymology

From gēns (“clan, tribe”) +‎ -īlis (“-ile”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡenˈtiː.lis/, [ɡɛnˈtiː.lɪs]
  • Audio (Classical)(file)

Adjective

gentīlis (neuter gentīle); third declension

  1. tribesman, clansman
  2. of or belonging to the same family or gēns
  3. of slaves who bore the same name as their master
  4. (poetic) foreign, exotic
  5. of or belonging to the same people or nation

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative gentīlis gentīle gentīlēs gentīlia
Genitive gentīlis gentīlis gentīlium gentīlium
Dative gentīlī gentīlī gentīlibus gentīlibus
Accusative gentīlem gentīle gentīlēs, gentīlīs gentīlia
Ablative gentīlī gentīlī gentīlibus gentīlibus
Vocative gentīlis gentīle gentīlēs gentīlia

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

gentīlis m (genitive gentīlis); third declension

  1. a heathen, pagan

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gentīlis gentīlēs
Genitive gentīlis gentīlium
Dative gentīlī gentīlibus
Accusative gentīlem gentīlēs
Ablative gentīle gentīlibus
Vocative gentīlis gentīlēs

Descendants
  • Tetum: jentiu

References
  • gentilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gentilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gentilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • gentilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • gentilis in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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