linearis

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [liː.neˈaː.rɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [li.neˈaː.ris] === Etymology 1 === From līnea (“line”) + -āris. Doublet of līneālis. The post-Classical sense of "having the form of a line" is likely a back-formation(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) from the adverbial form līneāriter (literally “using a line or lines”), which (along with līneāliter) was often used with verbs of motion, resulting in reanalysis as "like a line", from which follows the adjectival sense "line-like". ==== Adjective ==== līneāris (neuter līneāre, adverb līneāriter); third-declension two-termination adjective line-; lineal; consisting of lines; pertaining to lines Synonyms: līneālis, līneārius pictūra līneāris ― line painting līneāris ratiō ― geometry (literally, “line theory”) līneāris probātiō ― line-based proof (Late Latin) linear; line-like; having the form of a line ===== Declension ===== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ===== Alternative forms ===== līniāris ===== Derived terms ===== līneāriter ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === Inflected form of līneō. ==== Verb ==== līneāris second-person singular present passive indicative of līneō === References === “linearis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “linearis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.