adoptivus

Latin

Etymology

From adoptō (“to choose”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.dopˈtiː.u̯us/, [äd̪ɔpˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.dopˈti.vus/, [äd̪opˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

adoptīvus (feminine adoptīva, neuter adoptīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. adoptive (by adoption)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	adoptīvus	adoptīva	adoptīvum		adoptīvī	adoptīvae	adoptīva
Genitive	adoptīvī	adoptīvae	adoptīvī		adoptīvōrum	adoptīvārum	adoptīvōrum
Dative	adoptīvō		adoptīvō		adoptīvīs
Accusative	adoptīvum	adoptīvam	adoptīvum		adoptīvōs	adoptīvās	adoptīva
Ablative	adoptīvō	adoptīvā	adoptīvō		adoptīvīs
Vocative	adoptīve	adoptīva	adoptīvum		adoptīvī	adoptīvae	adoptīva

Descendants

• Catalan: adoptiu
• Danish: adoptiv
• French: adoptif
  • → Dutch: adoptief
    • → Indonesian: adoptif
• Galician: adoptivo
• Italian: adottivo
• Portuguese: adotivo
• Spanish: adoptivo
• Swedish: adoptiv

References

• “adoptivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “adoptivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• adoptivus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• adoptivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.