-ivus

See also: Ivuš

Latin

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *-iHwós, an extended form of *-wós. Cognate with Ancient Greek -εῖος (-eîos) (whence also some Latin forms in -ēus).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.u̯us/, [ˈiːu̯ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.vus/, [ˈiːvus]

Suffix

-īvus (feminine -īva, neuter -īvum); first/second-declension suffix

Adjective suffix.
Added to the perfect passive participial stem of verbs, forming a deverbal adjective meaning “doing” or “related to doing”
agō → āctus → āctīvus

stō → status → statīvus

Less frequently, added to the root or present stem of a verb
cadō → cadīvus

noceō → nocīvus

Less frequently added to a noun stem
fēstum → fēstīvus

fūrtum → fūrtīvus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	-īvus	-īva	-īvum	-īvī	-īvae	-īva
genitive	-īvī	-īvae	-īvī	-īvōrum	-īvārum	-īvōrum
dative	-īvō	-īvae	-īvō	-īvīs
accusative	-īvum	-īvam	-īvum	-īvōs	-īvās	-īva
ablative	-īvō	-īvā	-īvō	-īvīs
vocative	-īve	-īva	-īvum	-īvī	-īvae	-īva

Derived terms

-īvius

Latin terms suffixed with -ivus

Descendants

Catalan: -iu
Italian: -ivo, -io
Old French: -if
- → Middle English: -yf, -if, -yfe, -ife, -yve, -ive, -ef, -y, -i, -ye, -ie, -e
  - English: -ive, -iff, -y
- Middle French: -if
  - French: -if
    - → Dutch: -ief
      - Afrikaans: -ief
      - → Indonesian: -if
    - → German: -iv
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: -iv
    - → Turkish: -if
Portuguese: -io, → -ivo
Romanian: -iv, -iu
Sicilian: -ivu, -ìu
Spanish: -ivo