coniunctivus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- coniunctiuus, conjunctivus, conjunctiuus (letter-form variants)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.i̯uːnkˈtiː.u̯us/, [kɔni̯uːŋkˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.junkˈti.vus/, [konjuŋkˈt̪iːvus]
Etymology 1 edit
From coniūnctus (“united, connected”) + -īvus (“-ive”, relative adjective suffix).
Adjective edit
coniūnctīvus (feminine coniūnctīva, neuter coniūnctīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) relating to connection, serving to connect; connective, conjunctive
- composite, compound
- (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 edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | coniūnctīvus | coniūnctīva | coniūnctīvum | coniūnctīvī | coniūnctīvae | coniūnctīva | |
| Genitive | coniūnctīvī | coniūnctīvae | coniūnctīvī | coniūnctīvōrum | coniūnctīvārum | coniūnctīvōrum | |
| Dative | coniūnctīvō | coniūnctīvō | coniūnctīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | coniūnctīvum | coniūnctīvam | coniūnctīvum | coniūnctīvōs | coniūnctīvās | coniūnctīva | |
| Ablative | coniūnctīvō | coniūnctīvā | coniūnctīvō | coniūnctīvīs | |||
| Vocative | coniūnctīve | coniūnctīva | coniūnctīvum | coniūnctīvī | coniūnctīvae | coniūnctīva | |
Etymology 2 edit
Ellipsis of modus coniūnctīvus (“the joining-together mood”).
Noun edit
coniūnctīvus m (genitive coniūnctīvī); second declension
- (grammar) the conjunctive and/or subjunctive
Inflection edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | coniūnctīvus | coniūnctīvī |
| Genitive | coniūnctīvī | coniūnctīvōrum |
| Dative | coniūnctīvō | coniūnctīvīs |
| Accusative | coniūnctīvum | coniūnctīvōs |
| Ablative | coniūnctīvō | coniūnctīvīs |
| Vocative | coniūnctīve | coniūnctīvī |
References edit
- “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)
- to be used with the conjunctive mood: adiungi, addi coniunctivo (Marc. Cap. 3. 83)