The corpus record — Latin

carnalis

carnalis · adj

fleshly

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Where it lives

De Fide Catholica 2 · 10.37/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 3 · 5.08/10k
Apotheosis 2 · 2.7/10k
De Exhortatione Castitatis Liber 1 · 2.56/10k
De Baptismo 1 · 2.34/10k
De Oratione 1 · 2.23/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 2 · 1.78/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 3 · 1.32/10k
De Carne Christi 1 · 1.05/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.43/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Adversus Marcionem 3 · 0.36/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

carnālis — Lewis & Short

carnālis, e, adj.2. caro,

I fleshly, carnal (opp. to spiritalis; eccl. Lat.): delicta, Tert. Poen. 3: oculi, Min. Fel. Oct. 32: stirps, Prud. Apoth. 1051.—Subst.: carnālĭa, um, n., carnal things (opp. spiritalia), Lact. 4, 17, 21.—Adv.: carnālĭter, carnally, Tert. Bapt. 7 fin.; Hier. Ep. 54, n. 9; Prud. Apoth. 436.

In the wild

carnalium Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 5.10
carnaliter Tertullian, De Carne Christi 20
carnaliter Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 3.18
carnaliter Tertullian, De Carnis Resurrectione 11
carnaliter Tertullian, De Anima 11
carnaliter Tertullian, Adversus Judaeos Liber 10

6 of 24 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. carnalis (scan p. 125; entry #1810).

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