interrogativus

Latin

Etymology

From interrogō (“to inquire, interrogate; argue”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.ter.ro.ɡaːˈtiː.u̯us/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrːɔɡäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.ter.ro.ɡaˈti.vus/, [in̪t̪erːoɡäˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

interrogātīvus (feminine interrogātīva, neuter interrogātīvum, adverb interrogātīvē); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a question; interrogative.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	interrogātīvus	interrogātīva	interrogātīvum		interrogātīvī	interrogātīvae	interrogātīva
Genitive	interrogātīvī	interrogātīvae	interrogātīvī		interrogātīvōrum	interrogātīvārum	interrogātīvōrum
Dative	interrogātīvō		interrogātīvō		interrogātīvīs
Accusative	interrogātīvum	interrogātīvam	interrogātīvum		interrogātīvōs	interrogātīvās	interrogātīva
Ablative	interrogātīvō	interrogātīvā	interrogātīvō		interrogātīvīs
Vocative	interrogātīve	interrogātīva	interrogātīvum		interrogātīvī	interrogātīvae	interrogātīva

Derived terms

• interrogātīvē

Related terms

• interrogāmentum
• interroganter
• interrogātiō
• interrogātiuncula
• interrogātor
• interrogātōrius
• interrogō

Descendants

• → Catalan: interrogatiu
• → English: interrogative
• → French: interrogatif
• → Galician: interrogativo
• → Italian: interrogativo
• → Portuguese: interrogativo
• → Spanish: interrogativo

References

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