letalisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From lētum (“death; ruin”) +‎ -ālis.

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /leːˈtaː.lis/, [ɫ̪eːˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈta.lis/, [leˈt̪äːlis]

形容詞

lētālis (neuter lētāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. lethal, deadly, fatal, mortal

   Synonyms: capitālis, pestifer

   • ca. 1129, Henricus Huntindoniensis, Historia Anglorum [1], ed. Thomas Arnold, 1879, p. 194:

     Quem cum bello caesum patri renuntiassent, ait: "Recepitne vulnus letale in anteriori vel posteriori corporis parte?" Dixerunt nuntii: "In anteriori."

     And when they had reported his death during the battle to his father, he said: "Did he receive the lethal blow on the front or the back of his body?" The messengers said: "In the front."

   • 2007, Carolus Petreius Bogotensis, Niponum gallinae probantur viru aviarii morbi contactae [2], Ephemeris, 2007:

     Biologici Nipones affirmant virus H5N1 {...} esse letale.

     Japanese biologists confirm that the H5N1 virus {...} is lethal.

語形変化

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

関連する語

• lētifer
• lētō
• lētum

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