cibalis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin cibus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin cibālis

From cibus (“food”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɪˈbaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃiˈbaː.lis]

Adjective

cibālis (neuter cibāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of or pertaining to food

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	cibālis	cibāle		cibālēs	cibālia
genitive	cibālis			cibālium
dative	cibālī			cibālibus
accusative	cibālem	cibāle		cibālīs cibālēs	cibālia
ablative	cibālī			cibālibus
vocative	cibālis	cibāle		cibālēs	cibālia

Derived terms

• fistula cibālis

References

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