Achivus

Latin

Alternative forms

• achīvus (alternative case form)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈkʰiː.u̯us/, [äˈkʰiːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈki.vus/, [äˈkiːvus]

Adjective

Achīvus (feminine Achīva, neuter Achīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to Achaea (A region in southern Greece)
2. (less commonly) of or pertaining to Greece as a whole
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.45:

     “Aut hoc inclūsī lignō occultantur Achīvī [...].”

     “Either the Grecian [warriors], having enclosed [themselves] in this wood[en horse], are hiding [there] [...].” – Laocoön

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Achīvus	Achīva	Achīvum		Achīvī	Achīvae	Achīva
Genitive	Achīvī	Achīvae	Achīvī		Achīvōrum	Achīvārum	Achīvōrum
Dative	Achīvō		Achīvō		Achīvīs
Accusative	Achīvum	Achīvam	Achīvum		Achīvōs	Achīvās	Achīva
Ablative	Achīvō	Achīvā	Achīvō		Achīvīs
Vocative	Achīve	Achīva	Achīvum		Achīvī	Achīvae	Achīva

Descendants

• Italian: achivo
• Portuguese: aquivo
• Spanish: aquivo

References

• “Achivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Achivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Achivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.