aggressivus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From aggredior (“I approach; attack”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aɡ.ɡresˈsiː.u̯us/, [äɡːrɛs̠ˈs̠iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aɡ.ɡresˈsi.vus/, [äɡːresˈsiːvus]
Adjective edit
aggressīvus (feminine aggressīva, neuter aggressīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) aggressive
- Synonyms: pugnāx, bellicus, bellicōsus
- Antonym: dēfēnsīvus
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | aggressīvus | aggressīva | aggressīvum | aggressīvī | aggressīvae | aggressīva | |
| Genitive | aggressīvī | aggressīvae | aggressīvī | aggressīvōrum | aggressīvārum | aggressīvōrum | |
| Dative | aggressīvō | aggressīvō | aggressīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | aggressīvum | aggressīvam | aggressīvum | aggressīvōs | aggressīvās | aggressīva | |
| Ablative | aggressīvō | aggressīvā | aggressīvō | aggressīvīs | |||
| Vocative | aggressīve | aggressīva | aggressīvum | aggressīvī | aggressīvae | aggressīva | |
Descendants edit
- → Danish: aggressiv
- → English: aggressive
- → French: agressif
- → German: aggressiv
- → Italian: aggressivo
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: aggressiv
- → Portuguese: agressivo
- → Romanian: agresiv
- → Spanish: agresivo
- → Swedish: aggressiv
References edit
- aggressivus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016