nuncupativus

Latin

Etymology

From nū̆ncupō (“to name, call by name”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nuːn.ku.paːˈtiː.u̯us/, [nuːŋkʊpäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /nun.ku.paːˈtiː.u̯us/, [nʊŋkʊpäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nun.ku.paˈti.vus/, [nuŋkupäˈt̪iːvus]

The length of the vowel in the first syllable is uncertain: see nū̆ncupō.

Adjective

nū̆ncupātīvus (feminine nū̆ncupātīva, neuter nū̆ncupātīvum, adverb nū̆ncupātīvē); first/second-declension adjective

1. nominal, so-called

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nū̆ncupātīvus	nū̆ncupātīva	nū̆ncupātīvum		nū̆ncupātīvī	nū̆ncupātīvae	nū̆ncupātīva
Genitive	nū̆ncupātīvī	nū̆ncupātīvae	nū̆ncupātīvī		nū̆ncupātīvōrum	nū̆ncupātīvārum	nū̆ncupātīvōrum
Dative	nū̆ncupātīvō		nū̆ncupātīvō		nū̆ncupātīvīs
Accusative	nū̆ncupātīvum	nū̆ncupātīvam	nū̆ncupātīvum		nū̆ncupātīvōs	nū̆ncupātīvās	nū̆ncupātīva
Ablative	nū̆ncupātīvō	nū̆ncupātīvā	nū̆ncupātīvō		nū̆ncupātīvīs
Vocative	nū̆ncupātīve	nū̆ncupātīva	nū̆ncupātīvum		nū̆ncupātīvī	nū̆ncupātīvae	nū̆ncupātīva

Related terms

• nū̆ncupātim
• nū̆ncupātiō
• nū̆ncupātīvē
• nū̆ncupātor
• nū̆ncupō

References

• “nuncupativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nuncupativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “nūncupativus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 724/2