Latin edit

Etymology edit

From stō (to stand) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

statīvus (feminine statīva, neuter statīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. stationary (standing still)
  2. permanent (especially of a military camp)
    Synonyms: stabilis, fīxus

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative statīvus statīva statīvum statīvī statīvae statīva
Genitive statīvī statīvae statīvī statīvōrum statīvārum statīvōrum
Dative statīvō statīvō statīvīs
Accusative statīvum statīvam statīvum statīvōs statīvās statīva
Ablative statīvō statīvā statīvō statīvīs
Vocative statīve statīva statīvum statīvī statīvae statīva

References edit

  • stativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • stativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • stativus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • stativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a permanent camp: castra stativa (Sall. Iug. 44)