certative
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ker.taːˈtiː.u̯eː/, [kɛrt̪äːˈt̪iːu̯eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃer.taˈti.ve/, [t͡ʃert̪äˈt̪iːve]
Adverb edit
certātīvē (not comparable)
- (Late Latin) in order to stir up strife, combatively
References edit
- “certative”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- certative in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.