coniunctivus
Latin
editAlternative forms
edit- coniunctiuus, conjunctivus, conjunctiuus (letter-form variants)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kon.i̯uːnkˈtiː.u̯us/, [kɔni̯uːŋkˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.junkˈti.vus/, [konjuŋkˈt̪iːvus]
Etymology 1
editFrom coniūnctus (“united, connected”) + -īvus (“-ive”, relative adjective suffix).
Adjective
editconiūnctīvus (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
editFirst/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
editEllipsis of modus coniūnctīvus (“the joining-together mood”).
Noun
editconiūnctīvus m (genitive coniūnctīvī); second declension
- (grammar) the conjunctive and/or subjunctive
Inflection
editSecond-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)
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