positivus

Latin

Etymology

From pōnō (“to put, place”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /po.siˈtiː.u̯us/, [pɔs̠ɪˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.siˈti.vus/, [pos̬iˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

positīvus (feminine positīva, neuter positīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. positive
2. (grammar) positive (of an adjective, not comparative or superlative)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	positīvus	positīva	positīvum		positīvī	positīvae	positīva
Genitive	positīvī	positīvae	positīvī		positīvōrum	positīvārum	positīvōrum
Dative	positīvō		positīvō		positīvīs
Accusative	positīvum	positīvam	positīvum		positīvōs	positīvās	positīva
Ablative	positīvō	positīvā	positīvō		positīvīs
Vocative	positīve	positīva	positīvum		positīvī	positīvae	positīva

Descendants

• Catalan: positiu
• → Finnish: positiivinen
• Old French: positif
  • French: positif
  • → English: positive
• Galician: positivo
• Italian: positivo
• Occitan: positiu
• Portuguese: positivo
• Romanian: pozitiv
• Spanish: positivo

References

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