quālis
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (“interrogative, relative stem”) and maybe *h₂el- (“to grow”) (cf. the sense of indolēs, from this root). Cognate with Ancient Greek πηλίκος (pēlíkos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʷaː.lis/, [ˈkʷäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwa.lis/, [ˈkwäːlis]
Determiner
quālis
- (interrogative) of what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
- tālis ... quālis ― just like
- (relative) of such kind as, one such as, just as, as, like [ quotations ▼]
- (technical, philosophy) of a particular kind [ quotations ▼]
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | quālis | quāle | quālēs | quālia | |
| Genitive | quālis | quālium | |||
| Dative | quālī | quālibus | |||
| Accusative | quālem | quāle | quālēs quālīs |
quālia | |
| Ablative | quālī | quālibus | |||
| Vocative | quālis | quāle | quālēs | quālia | |