motivus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *moweō

Latin moveō

Latin mōtus

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Latin mōtīvus

From mōtus + -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [moːˈtiː.wʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [moˈtiː.vus]

Adjective

mōtīvus (feminine mōtīva, neuter mōtīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. stirred
2. moved

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mōtīvus	mōtīva	mōtīvum		mōtīvī	mōtīvae	mōtīva
genitive	mōtīvī	mōtīvae	mōtīvī		mōtīvōrum	mōtīvārum	mōtīvōrum
dative	mōtīvō	mōtīvae	mōtīvō		mōtīvīs
accusative	mōtīvum	mōtīvam	mōtīvum		mōtīvōs	mōtīvās	mōtīva
ablative	mōtīvō	mōtīvā	mōtīvō		mōtīvīs
vocative	mōtīve	mōtīva	mōtīvum		mōtīvī	mōtīvae	mōtīva

Descendants

• Catalan: motiu
• Italian: motivo
  • → Greek: μοτίβο (motívo)
• → Middle French: motif
  • French: motif
    • → Danish: motiv
    • → English: motif
    • → German: Motiv
      • → Romanian: motiv
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: motiv
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: motiv
    • → Swedish: motiv
    • → Turkish: motif
  • → Middle Dutch: motijf
    • Dutch: motief
      • Afrikaans: motief
      • → Indonesian: motif
  • → Middle English: motif
    • English: motive
    • Scots: motive
• Occitan: motiu
• Portuguese: motivo
• Romanian: motiv
• Spanish: motivo

References

• "motivus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)