coniunctivus

Latin

Alternative forms

• coniunctiuus, conjunctivus, conjunctiuus (letter-form variants)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.i̯uːnkˈtiː.u̯us/, [kɔni̯uːŋkˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.junkˈti.vus/, [konjuŋkˈt̪iːvus]

Etymology 1

From coniūnctus (“united, connected”) +‎ -īvus (“-ive”, relative adjective suffix).

Adjective

coniūnctīvus (feminine coniūnctīva, neuter coniūnctīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) relating to connection, serving to connect; connective, conjunctive
2. composite, compound
3. (grammar) conjunctive and/or subjunctive (the verbal mood that joins clauses together)

   Synonyms: subiūnctīvus, adiūnctīvus, coniūnctātīvus

   Quō enim pactō sine coniūnctīvō modō vīverēmus? ― How would we even be alive without the conjunctive mood?

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	coniūnctīvus	coniūnctīva	coniūnctīvum		coniūnctīvī	coniūnctīvae	coniūnctīva
genitive	coniūnctīvī	coniūnctīvae	coniūnctīvī		coniūnctīvōrum	coniūnctīvārum	coniūnctīvōrum
dative	coniūnctīvō	coniūnctīvae	coniūnctīvō		coniūnctīvīs
accusative	coniūnctīvum	coniūnctīvam	coniūnctīvum		coniūnctīvōs	coniūnctīvās	coniūnctīva
ablative	coniūnctīvō	coniūnctīvā	coniūnctīvō		coniūnctīvīs
vocative	coniūnctīve	coniūnctīva	coniūnctīvum		coniūnctīvī	coniūnctīvae	coniūnctīva

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of modus coniūnctīvus (“the joining-together mood”).

Noun

coniūnctīvus m (genitive coniūnctīvī); second declension

1. (grammar) the conjunctive and/or subjunctive

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	coniūnctīvus	coniūnctīvī
genitive	coniūnctīvī	coniūnctīvōrum
dative	coniūnctīvō	coniūnctīvīs
accusative	coniūnctīvum	coniūnctīvōs
ablative	coniūnctīvō	coniūnctīvīs
vocative	coniūnctīve	coniūnctīvī

References

• “conjunctivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• coniunctivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be used with the conjunctive mood: adiungi, addi coniunctivo (Marc. Cap. 3. 83)