[ˈtaː.lɪs], [ˈtaː.lis]
OriginFrom 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”).
- declension-3, two-terminationsuch
“… tālibus adgreditur Venerem Sāturnia dictīs: ….” — [... Juno, daughter of] Saturn, approaches Venus with such an offer: ….
- declension-3, two-terminationso or such a distinguished, great, excellent, or important
“tālis ... quālis” — just like
“Quam tū urbem, soror, hanc cernēs, quae surgere rēgna / coniugiō tālī!” — “What [about] your city, [my] sister — this you will see! — what a realm [will] arise from such a distinguished union!”
(Anna endorses Dido’s prospective marriage to Aeneas as advantageous for Carthag
Formstālis(canonical) · tāle(neuter) · tāliter(adverb) · tālis(feminine, masculine, nominative, singular) · tāle(neuter, nominative, singular) · tālēs(feminine, masculine, nominative, plural) · tālia(neuter, nominative, plural) · tālis(feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular) · tālium(feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural) · tālī(dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular) · tālibus(dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural) · tālem(accusative, feminine, masculine, singular) · tāle(accusative, neuter, singular) · tālīs(accusative, feminine, masculine, plural) · tālēs(accusative, feminine, masculine, plural) · tālia(accusative, neuter, plural) · tālī(ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular) · tālibus(ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural) · tālis(feminine, masculine, singular, vocative) · tāle(neuter, singular, vocative)