verticalis

== Latin == === Etymology === From verticis (“vortex, crown of the head (genitive)”) + -ālis. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛr.tɪˈkaː.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ver.tiˈkaː.lis] === Adjective === verticālis (neuter verticāle, adverb verticāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) highest in the hierarchy (New Latin, astronomy) located over the head, vertically above (New Latin, taxonomy) whirling ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== verticālitās verticāliter ==== Descendants ==== === References ===