comprehensivus

Latin

Etymology

From comprehendō (“to seize, apprehend; perceive, observe”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.pre.henˈsiː.u̯us/, [kɔmpre(ɦ)ẽːˈs̠iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.pre.enˈsi.vus/, [kompreːnˈsiːvus]

Adjective

comprehēnsīvus (feminine comprehēnsīva, neuter comprehēnsīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. comprehensible, perceivable, conceivable, graspable

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	comprehēnsīvus	comprehēnsīva	comprehēnsīvum		comprehēnsīvī	comprehēnsīvae	comprehēnsīva
Genitive	comprehēnsīvī	comprehēnsīvae	comprehēnsīvī		comprehēnsīvōrum	comprehēnsīvārum	comprehēnsīvōrum
Dative	comprehēnsīvō		comprehēnsīvō		comprehēnsīvīs
Accusative	comprehēnsīvum	comprehēnsīvam	comprehēnsīvum		comprehēnsīvōs	comprehēnsīvās	comprehēnsīva
Ablative	comprehēnsīvō	comprehēnsīvā	comprehēnsīvō		comprehēnsīvīs
Vocative	comprehēnsīve	comprehēnsīva	comprehēnsīvum		comprehēnsīvī	comprehēnsīvae	comprehēnsīva

Synonyms

• (conceivable): comprehensibilis

Related terms

• comprehendō
• comprehensibilis
• comprehensiō
• comprehensō

Descendants

• → English: comprehensive
• French: compréhensif
• Italian: comprensivo
• Portuguese: compreensivo
• Romanian: comprehensiv
• → Spanish: comprehensivo

References

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