cardinalis
τότ' ἦν ἐγώ σοι πάνθ', ὅτε φαύλως ἔπραττες → At the time you were doing badly, I used to be everything for you (Menander, Woman of Samos 380)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cardĭnālis: e, adj. cardo.
I Of or pertaining to a door-hinge: scapi, Vitr. 4, 6, 4.—
II Trop., that on which something turns, depends, i. e. principal, chief: venti, the principal or cardinal winds, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 131; Isid. Orig. 13, 11, 14; cf. virtutes, Hier ap. Macr. S. 1, 16-19; Ambros. ap. Luc. 5, § 49 al.—Hence, in late Lat.: cardinalia Christi opera, Cypr.—
B Esp.
1 As eccl. term; subst., a chief presbyter, as opp. to one who ministered in an Oratorium; and esp. of such forming the council of the Pope at Rome, which afterwards consisted only of bishops, cardinals, Anast. p. 95.—
2 In gram.: numeri, the Cardinal Numbers (unus, duo, tres, etc., from which the Ordinals and Distributives are formed), Prisc. Pond. p. 1351 P.—Hence, * cardĭ-nālĭter, adv., chiefly, principally: praesidere, especially, Firm. Math. 410.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cardĭnālis, e (cardo),
1 qui concerne les gonds : scapi cardinales Vitr. Arch. 4, 6, 4, montants des portes
2 principal : cardinales venti Serv. En. 1, 131, les principaux vents ; numeri Prisc. Fig. 19, les nombres cardinaux.
