respectivus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From respiciō (“I regard, consider”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /res.pekˈtiː.u̯us/, [rɛs̠pɛkˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /res.pekˈti.vus/, [respekˈt̪iːvus]
Adjective edit
respectīvus (feminine respectīva, neuter respectīvum, adverb respectīvē); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin)
- (philosophy) relative
- (grammar) that has a grammatical connexion to another word
- particular, respective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | respectīvus | respectīva | respectīvum | respectīvī | respectīvae | respectīva | |
| Genitive | respectīvī | respectīvae | respectīvī | respectīvōrum | respectīvārum | respectīvōrum | |
| Dative | respectīvō | respectīvō | respectīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | respectīvum | respectīvam | respectīvum | respectīvōs | respectīvās | respectīva | |
| Ablative | respectīvō | respectīvā | respectīvō | respectīvīs | |||
| Vocative | respectīve | respectīva | respectīvum | respectīvī | respectīvae | respectīva | |
Descendants edit
- → English: respective
- → French: respectif
- → German: respektiv
- → Italian: rispettivo
- → Spanish: respectivo
References edit
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “respectivus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC