captivus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From captus (to capture) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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captīvus m (genitive captīvī, feminine captīva); second declension

  1. a captive, a prisoner

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative captīvus captīvī
Genitive captīvī captīvōrum
Dative captīvō captīvīs
Accusative captīvum captīvōs
Ablative captīvō captīvīs
Vocative captīve captīvī

Adjective

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captīvus (feminine captīva, neuter captīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. captive
  2. captured
  3. imprisoned

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative captīvus captīva captīvum captīvī captīvae captīva
Genitive captīvī captīvae captīvī captīvōrum captīvārum captīvōrum
Dative captīvō captīvō captīvīs
Accusative captīvum captīvam captīvum captīvōs captīvās captīva
Ablative captīvō captīvā captīvō captīvīs
Vocative captīve captīva captīvum captīvī captīvae captīva

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • captivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • captivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • captivus 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)
  • captivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to exchange prisoners: captivos permutare, commutare
    • to ransom prisoners: captivos redimere (Off. 2. 18)
    • to restore prisoners without ransom: captivos sine pretio reddere