# digitalis
## English
### Etymology

Modern Latin, from Latin digitālis (“of the fingers”) (named in reference to the German common name for the plant, Fingerhut (“thimble”)). Doublet of digital.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /dɪdʒɪˈtɑːlɪs/
* (US) IPA: /dɪd͡ʒɪˈtælɪs/, /dɪd͡ʒɪˈteɪlɪs/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

digitalis (countable and uncountable, plural digitalises)
* Any plant of the genus Digitalis (herbaceous plants of the Plantaginaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea).
** 1834, James Moore, “Gardens of the Misses Garnier”, in The Gardener’s Magazine, and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement, volume 19, page 210:11. Delphiniums and digitalises.
** 1836, Joseph Harrison, The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists’ Magazine, volume 4, page 133:At the Medico-Botanical Society on Tuesday, Dr. Morries, made some some observations on opium, digitales, conium, and hyoscyamus, and exhibited specimens of oils obtained from the latter plants.
** 1903, American Florist, volume 19, page 555:Polemoniums of various species, aubretias, dwarf phloxes, delphiniums, digitalises, gerums, erigerons and a number of other things have bloomed a second time […]
* (medicine) A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc.
** 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 188:‘You very nearly died. I had to give you digitalis three times.’
** 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 25:The ancient remedy digitalis, extracted from the foxglove plant, for example, acts by blocking sodium channels in heart muscle, preventing potentially dangerous overactivity.

#### Derived terms

* digitalin
* digitaloid
* digitoxin

#### Related terms

* digitalize

#### Translations
### References

* “digitalis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin digitālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdiɡitɑ(ː)lis/, [ˈdiɡiˌt̪ɑ̝(ː)lis̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑlis
* Hyphenation: di‧gi‧ta‧lis

### Noun

digitalis
* digitalis (medical extract)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of digitalis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
digitalikseni
accusative
nom.
digitalikseni
gen.
digitalikseni
genitive
digitalikseni
partitive
digitalistani
inessive
digitaliksessani
elative
digitaliksestani
illative
digitalikseeni
adessive
digitaliksellani
ablative
digitalikseltani
allative
digitalikselleni
essive
digitaliksenani
translative
digitaliksekseni
abessive
digitaliksettani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
digitaliksesi
accusative
nom.
digitaliksesi
gen.
digitaliksesi
genitive
digitaliksesi
partitive
digitalistasi
inessive
digitaliksessasi
elative
digitaliksestasi
illative
digitalikseesi
adessive
digitaliksellasi
ablative
digitalikseltasi
allative
digitaliksellesi
essive
digitaliksenasi
translative
digitalikseksesi
abessive
digitaliksettasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
digitaliksemme
accusative
nom.
digitaliksemme
gen.
digitaliksemme
genitive
digitaliksemme
partitive
digitalistamme
inessive
digitaliksessamme
elative
digitaliksestamme
illative
digitalikseemme
adessive
digitaliksellamme
ablative
digitalikseltamme
allative
digitaliksellemme
essive
digitaliksenamme
translative
digitalikseksemme
abessive
digitaliksettamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
digitaliksenne
accusative
nom.
digitaliksenne
gen.
digitaliksenne
genitive
digitaliksenne
partitive
digitalistanne
inessive
digitaliksessanne
elative
digitaliksestanne
illative
digitalikseenne
adessive
digitaliksellanne
ablative
digitalikseltanne
allative
digitaliksellenne
essive
digitaliksenanne
translative
digitalikseksenne
abessive
digitaliksettanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
digitaliksensa
accusative
nom.
digitaliksensa
gen.
digitaliksensa
genitive
digitaliksensa
partitive
digitalistaan digitalistansa
inessive
digitaliksessaan digitaliksessansa
elative
digitaliksestaan digitaliksestansa
illative
digitalikseensa
adessive
digitaliksellaan digitaliksellansa
ablative
digitalikseltaan digitalikseltansa
allative
digitalikselleen digitaliksellensa
essive
digitaliksenaan digitaliksenansa
translative
digitaliksekseen digitalikseksensa
abessive
digitaliksettaan digitaliksettansa
instructive
comitative

### Further reading

* “digitalis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English digitalis, from Latin digitālis (“of the fingers”) (named in reference to the German common name for the plant, Fingerhut (“thimble”)).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /diɡiˈtalis/ [di.ɡiˈt̪a.lɪs]
* Rhymes: -alis
* Syllabification: di‧gi‧ta‧lis

### Noun

digitalis (plural digitalis-digitalis)
* (medicine, cardiology, pharmacology) digitalis: a medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc.

### Further reading

* “digitalis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
* Hadyana Pudjaatmaka, Susilowati (1987) Kamus Kimia: Biokimia [Dictionary of Chemistry: Biochemistry] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 63: “digitalis”

## Latin
### Etymology

digitus (“finger, toe”) +‎ -ālis.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /di.ɡiˈtaː.lis/, [d̪ɪɡɪˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /di.d͡ʒiˈta.lis/, [d̪id͡ʒiˈt̪äːlis]

### Adjective

digitālis (neuter digitāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
* Of or belonging to the finger

#### Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

#### Related terms

* digitābulum
* digitātus
* digitulus
* digitus

#### Descendants

* Balkan Romance:
** Aromanian: dzidzitar, dzãdzãtar, dzedzãtar, dzedzutar
** Romanian: degetar
* Dalmatian:
** ziziul
* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: ditale
** Sicilian: jitali, jiditali, jiritali
* North Italian:
** Friulian: dedâl
** Piedmontese: dil, di, dial (“finger”)
* Gallo-Romance:
** Old French: deel
*** French: dé
* Occitano-Romance:
** Catalan: didal
** Occitan: dedal
* Ibero-Romance:
** Aragonese: didal
    Cheso: dital
** Galician: dedal
** Portuguese: dedal
** Spanish: dedal
* Insular Romance:
** Sardinian: deidale, didale
* Borrowings:
** → Catalan: digital
** → English: digital, digitalis
** → Friulian: digitâl
** → French: digital, digitale
** → Galician: dixital
** → German: digital
** → Italian: digitale
** → Portuguese: digital
** → Romanian: digital
** → Spanish: digital

### References

* “digitalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* "digitalis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* digitalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.