ballivus

Latin

Alternative forms

• baillīvus

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French bailif (“bailiff”), from Vulgar Latin *baiulīvus (“castellan”), from Latin baiulus (“carrier; carrier-on, manager”). Cognate of Latin ballium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /balˈliː.u̯us/, [bälˈlʲiːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /balˈli.vus/, [bälˈliːvus]

Noun

ballīvus m (genitive ballīvī); second declension (Medieval Latin)

1. a bailiff (in its medieval senses)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ballīvus	ballīvī
Genitive	ballīvī	ballīvōrum
Dative	ballīvō	ballīvīs
Accusative	ballīvum	ballīvōs
Ablative	ballīvō	ballīvīs
Vocative	ballīve	ballīvī

Descendants

• → Middle Dutch: baliu, baeliu, bailiu, bailliu, baelyou, baeljuw, balgu, beliou
  • Dutch: baljuw
  • → Middle Low German: baliu, baliuw

References

• ballivus 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)