recidivus

Latin

Etymology

From recidō (“to fall back”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /re.kiˈdiː.u̯us/, [rɛkɪˈd̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.t͡ʃiˈdi.vus/, [ret͡ʃiˈd̪iːvus]

Adjective

recidīvus (feminine recidīva, neuter recidīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. returning, recurring, falling back
2. (poetic) restored, renewed, rebuilt
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.343–344:

     “[...] Priamī tēcta alta manērent,
     et recidīva manū posuissem Pergama victīs.”

     “[...] Priam’s high halls would abide, and by my [own] hand I would set up a restored Troy for the conquered [people].”
     (Similarly, “recidiva Pergama” recurs at Aeneid 7.322 and 10.58.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	recidīvus	recidīva	recidīvum		recidīvī	recidīvae	recidīva
Genitive	recidīvī	recidīvae	recidīvī		recidīvōrum	recidīvārum	recidīvōrum
Dative	recidīvō		recidīvō		recidīvīs
Accusative	recidīvum	recidīvam	recidīvum		recidīvōs	recidīvās	recidīva
Ablative	recidīvō	recidīvā	recidīvō		recidīvīs
Vocative	recidīve	recidīva	recidīvum		recidīvī	recidīvae	recidīva

Derived terms

• recidīvātus

Related terms

• recidō

Descendants

• English: recidivous
• Portuguese: recidivo

References

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