talis
From Proto-Italic *tālis, from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“demonstrative stem”) and maybe *h₂el- (“to grow”) (cf. the sense of indolēs, from this root). Cognate with Ancient Greek τηλίκος (tēlíkos, “of such an age”), Welsh talu (“to pay”), Proto-Slavic *toliko (“this much”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtaː.lis/, [ˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈta.lis/, [ˈt̪äːlis]
Adjective
tālis (neuter tāle, adverb tāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- such
- tālis ... quālis ― just like
- so or such a distinguished, great, excellent, or important [ quotations ▼]
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | tālis | tāle | tālēs | tālia | |
| Genitive | tālis | tālium | |||
| Dative | tālī | tālibus | |||
| Accusative | tālem | tāle | tālēs tālīs |
tālia | |
| Ablative | tālī | tālibus | |||
| Vocative | tālis | tāle | tālēs | tālia | |