invectivus

Latin

Etymology

From invectus +‎ -īvus.

Adjective

invectīvus (feminine invectīva, neuter invectīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. reviling

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	invectīvus	invectīva	invectīvum		invectīvī	invectīvae	invectīva
Genitive	invectīvī	invectīvae	invectīvī		invectīvōrum	invectīvārum	invectīvōrum
Dative	invectīvō		invectīvō		invectīvīs
Accusative	invectīvum	invectīvam	invectīvum		invectīvōs	invectīvās	invectīva
Ablative	invectīvō	invectīvā	invectīvō		invectīvīs
Vocative	invectīve	invectīva	invectīvum		invectīvī	invectīvae	invectīva

Descendants

• → French: invective (learned)

Further reading

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