adiectivus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From adiciō (“to attach”) + -īvus; a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικός (epithetikós).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ad.i̯ekˈtiː.u̯us/, [äd̪i̯ɛkˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ad.jekˈti.vus/, [äd̪jekˈt̪iːvus]
Adjective edit
adiectīvus (feminine adiectīva, neuter adiectīvum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | adiectīvus | adiectīva | adiectīvum | adiectīvī | adiectīvae | adiectīva | |
| Genitive | adiectīvī | adiectīvae | adiectīvī | adiectīvōrum | adiectīvārum | adiectīvōrum | |
| Dative | adiectīvō | adiectīvō | adiectīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | adiectīvum | adiectīvam | adiectīvum | adiectīvōs | adiectīvās | adiectīva | |
| Ablative | adiectīvō | adiectīvā | adiectīvō | adiectīvīs | |||
| Vocative | adiectīve | adiectīva | adiectīvum | adiectīvī | adiectīvae | adiectīva | |
Derived terms edit
- adiectīvum (“adjective”, noun)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “adiectivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- adiectivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.