contemplativus

Latin

Etymology

From contemplō (“to survey, consider”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.tem.plaːˈtiː.u̯us/, [kɔn̪t̪ɛmpɫ̪äːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.tem.plaˈti.vus/, [kon̪t̪empläˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

contemplātīvus (feminine contemplātīva, neuter contemplātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. contemplative, speculative
2. theoretical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	contemplātīvus	contemplātīva	contemplātīvum		contemplātīvī	contemplātīvae	contemplātīva
Genitive	contemplātīvī	contemplātīvae	contemplātīvī		contemplātīvōrum	contemplātīvārum	contemplātīvōrum
Dative	contemplātīvō		contemplātīvō		contemplātīvīs
Accusative	contemplātīvum	contemplātīvam	contemplātīvum		contemplātīvōs	contemplātīvās	contemplātīva
Ablative	contemplātīvō	contemplātīvā	contemplātīvō		contemplātīvīs
Vocative	contemplātīve	contemplātīva	contemplātīvum		contemplātīvī	contemplātīvae	contemplātīva

Descendants

• → Catalan: contemplatiu
• → French: contemplatif
• → Galician: contemplativo
• → Italian: contemplativo
• → Occitan: contemplatiu
• → Portuguese: contemplativo
• → Romanian: contemplativ
• → Spanish: contemplativo

References

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