orbitalis

Borrowed from New Latin orbitālis, clipping of mūsculus orbitālis (“orbital muscle”). Doublet of orbital.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɹ.bəˈteɪ.lɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪlɪs

orbitalis (plural orbitales)

1. (anatomy) A muscle that controls protrusion of the eyeball.

• orbitālis: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔr.bɪˈtaː.lɪs]
• orbitālis: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [or.biˈt̪aː.lis]
• orbitālīs: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔr.bɪˈtaː.liːs]
• orbitālīs: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [or.biˈt̪aː.lis]

From orbita (“a track or rut; a circuit, orbit”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

orbitālis (neuter orbitāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. Tracked, rutted.
2. Of or pertaining to a circuit or orbit; orbital.
   1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the orbit of the eye.

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• → English: orbital, orbitalis

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

orbitālīs

1. accusative masculine/feminine plural of orbitālis