comparativus

Latin

Etymology

From comparō (“to compare”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.pa.raːˈtiː.u̯us/, [kɔmpäräːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.pa.raˈti.vus/, [kompäräˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

comparātīvus (feminine comparātīva, neuter comparātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. comparative
2. (grammar) comparative (of an adjective)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	comparātīvus	comparātīva	comparātīvum		comparātīvī	comparātīvae	comparātīva
Genitive	comparātīvī	comparātīvae	comparātīvī		comparātīvōrum	comparātīvārum	comparātīvōrum
Dative	comparātīvō		comparātīvō		comparātīvīs
Accusative	comparātīvum	comparātīvam	comparātīvum		comparātīvōs	comparātīvās	comparātīva
Ablative	comparātīvō	comparātīvā	comparātīvō		comparātīvīs
Vocative	comparātīve	comparātīva	comparātīvum		comparātīvī	comparātīvae	comparātīva

Descendants

• Catalan: comparatiu
• Galician: comparativo
• Italian: comparativo
• Old French: comparatif
  • Middle French: comparatif
    • → English: comparative
    • French: comparatif
• Portuguese: comparativo
• Spanish: comparativo

References

• “comparativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “comparativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• comparativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.