Gentilitial
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gentilitial is an adjective meaning Synonym of gentilicial.
Meaning
Synonym of gentilicial.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) specific to a people; national
- (obsolete) hereditary; entailed on a family
Example Sentences
The tribe, as its name (phyle) shows, had an ethnical or gentilitial origin.
Occasionally – as for example in the paintings of the Tomb of the Inscriptions at Tarquinii – members of the gentilitial class to which the family of the dead man belonged may also be seen dancing.
On the abdication of Diocletian and Maximian (May 1st 305) Maximinus Daia, nephew of the eastern caesar Galerius, became his Caesar and assumed upon himself his uncle’s gentilitials, Galerius Valerius.
Ahout toponyma, the praedial Latin suffix -anus is frequent and recalls the gentilitials of the owners. But also “the suffix of Celtic origin - together with Roman gentilitials - -āko (and -ago as Romance derivative).”
Word Forms
- gentilitials
Synonyms for gentilitial
Depending on context, synonyms include gentilitian, gentilitious, gentilicial.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gentilic, gentilicial, vernacular, national, patrial, native.
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