adjectivus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From adiciō (“to attach”) + -īvus; a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικός (epithetikós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ad.i̯ekˈtiː.u̯us/, [äd̪i̯ɛkˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ad.jekˈti.vus/, [äd̪jekˈt̪iːvus]
Adjective
adjectīvus (feminine adjectīva, neuter adjectīvum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | adjectīvus | adjectīva | adjectīvum | adjectīvī | adjectīvae | adjectīva | |
| Genitive | adjectīvī | adjectīvae | adjectīvī | adjectīvōrum | adjectīvārum | adjectīvōrum | |
| Dative | adjectīvō | adjectīvō | adjectīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | adjectīvum | adjectīvam | adjectīvum | adjectīvōs | adjectīvās | adjectīva | |
| Ablative | adjectīvō | adjectīvā | adjectīvō | adjectīvīs | |||
| Vocative | adjectīve | adjectīva | adjectīvum | adjectīvī | adjectīvae | adjectīva | |
Derived terms
- adjectīvum (“adjective”, noun)
Related terms
References
- “adjectivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- adjectivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.