excessivus

Latin

Etymology

excēdō (“surpass”) +‎ -īvus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eks.kesˈsiː.u̯us/, [ɛks̠kɛs̠ˈs̠iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eks.t͡ʃesˈsi.vus/, [ekst͡ʃesˈsiːvus]

Adjective

excessīvus (feminine excessīva, neuter excessīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Medieval Latin) excessive

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	excessīvus	excessīva	excessīvum		excessīvī	excessīvae	excessīva
Genitive	excessīvī	excessīvae	excessīvī		excessīvōrum	excessīvārum	excessīvōrum
Dative	excessīvō		excessīvō		excessīvīs
Accusative	excessīvum	excessīvam	excessīvum		excessīvōs	excessīvās	excessīva
Ablative	excessīvō	excessīvā	excessīvō		excessīvīs
Vocative	excessīve	excessīva	excessīvum		excessīvī	excessīvae	excessīva

Descendants

• Catalan: excessiu
• French: excessif
  • → English: excessive
• Friulian: ecessîf
• Galician: excesivo
• Italian: eccessivo
• Occitan: excessiu
• Piedmontese: ecessiv, ecesiv
• Portuguese: excessivo
• Spanish: excesivo

References

• excessivus 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)