certative

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ker.taːˈtiː.u̯eː/, [kɛrt̪äːˈt̪iːu̯eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃer.taˈti.ve/, [t͡ʃert̪äˈt̪iːve]

Adverb

certātīvē (not comparable)

1. (Late Latin) in order to stir up strife, combatively

References

• “certative”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• certative in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.