genetivus

Latin

Alternative forms

• genitīvus

Etymology

From genitus, the perfect passive participial stem of gignō (“to be born”), + -īvus (verbal adjective–forming suffix), with the vowel i changed to e. In the grammatical sense, possibly a calque of Ancient Greek γενῐκή (genikḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡe.neˈtiː.u̯us/, [ɡɛnɛˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.neˈti.vus/, [d͡ʒeneˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

genetīvus (feminine genetīva, neuter genetīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or related to the act of generation or birth: productive, creative, causal

   Synonyms: prōductīvus, creātīvus, causālis (all as in Late Latin)

2. native
3. belonging to a family or gens

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	genetīvus	genetīva	genetīvum		genetīvī	genetīvae	genetīva
Genitive	genetīvī	genetīvae	genetīvī		genetīvōrum	genetīvārum	genetīvōrum
Dative	genetīvō		genetīvō		genetīvīs
Accusative	genetīvum	genetīvam	genetīvum		genetīvōs	genetīvās	genetīva
Ablative	genetīvō	genetīvā	genetīvō		genetīvīs
Vocative	genetīve	genetīva	genetīvum		genetīvī	genetīvae	genetīva

Noun

genetīvus m (genitive genetīvī); second declension

1. (grammar) genitive

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	genetīvus	genetīvī
Genitive	genetīvī	genetīvōrum
Dative	genetīvō	genetīvīs
Accusative	genetīvum	genetīvōs
Ablative	genetīvō	genetīvīs
Vocative	genetīve	genetīvī

Descendants

• → Finnish: genetiivi
• → Dutch: genitivus, (calque) teler, baarder

References

• “genetivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “genetivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• genetivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.