arvalis

Latin

Etymology

From arvum (“field”) +‎ -ālis, substantive of arvus (“ploughed; arable”); from arō (“plow, till”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈu̯aː.lis/, [ärˈu̯äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈva.lis/, [ärˈväːlis]

Adjective

arvālis (neuter arvāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a cultivated field.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	arvālis	arvāle		arvālēs	arvālia
genitive	arvālis			arvālium
dative	arvālī			arvālibus
accusative	arvālem	arvāle		arvālēs arvālīs	arvālia
ablative	arvālī			arvālibus
vocative	arvālis	arvāle		arvālēs	arvālia

Related terms

• arābilis
• arātiō
• arātiuncula
• arātor
• arātōrius
• arātrō
• arātrum
• arātus
• arō
• arva
• arvum
• arvus

Descendants

• Italian: arvale
• Spanish: arval

References

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