niveus
Latin
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) Derived from the oblique stem niv- of nix (“snow”) + -eus (“-an”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈni.u̯e.us/, [ˈniu̯eʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.ve.us/, [ˈniːveus]
Adjective
niveus (feminine nivea, neuter niveum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | niveus | nivea | niveum | niveī | niveae | nivea | |
Genitive | niveī | niveae | niveī | niveōrum | niveārum | niveōrum | |
Dative | niveō | niveō | niveīs | ||||
Accusative | niveum | niveam | niveum | niveōs | niveās | nivea | |
Ablative | niveō | niveā | niveō | niveīs | |||
Vocative | nivee | nivea | niveum | niveī | niveae | nivea |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “niveus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “niveus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- niveus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.