Latin edit

Etymology edit

From aestās (summer) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

aestīvus (feminine aestīva, neuter aestīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) summer
  2. summery

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative aestīvus aestīva aestīvum aestīvī aestīvae aestīva
Genitive aestīvī aestīvae aestīvī aestīvōrum aestīvārum aestīvōrum
Dative aestīvō aestīvō aestīvīs
Accusative aestīvum aestīvam aestīvum aestīvōs aestīvās aestīva
Ablative aestīvō aestīvā aestīvō aestīvīs
Vocative aestīve aestīva aestīvum aestīvī aestīvae aestīva

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: aestive
  • Italian: estivo
  • Piedmontese: estiv
  • Portuguese: estivo

References edit

  • aestivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aestivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aestivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) winter-quarters, summer-quarters: castra hiberna, aestiva