gentilis

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

gentīlis (neuter gentīle, adverb gentīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

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

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative gentīlis gentīle gentīlēs gentīlia
Genitive gentīlis gentīlium
Dative gentīlī gentīlibus
Accusative gentīlem gentīle gentīlēs
gentīlīs		 gentīlia
Ablative gentīlī gentīlibus
Vocative gentīlis gentīle gentīlēs gentīlia
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Bourguignon: janti
  • English: gentle, gentry, genteel
  • French: gentil
  • Italian: gentile
  • Portuguese: gentil
  • Spanish: gentil

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Biblical Hebrew גּוֹי (goi).

Noun

gentīlis m (genitive gentīlis); third declension

  1. heathen, pagan
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -ī).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gentīlis gentīlēs
Genitive gentīlis gentīlium
Dative gentīlī gentīlibus
Accusative gentīlem gentīlēs
gentīlīs
Ablative gentīlī 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • gentilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • gentilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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