possessivus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From possīdeō (“to have, possess”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pos.sesˈsiː.u̯us/, [pɔs̠ːɛs̠ˈs̠iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pos.sesˈsi.vus/, [posːesˈsiːvus]
Adjective
[edit]possessīvus (feminine possessīva, neuter possessīvum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | possessīvus | possessīva | possessīvum | possessīvī | possessīvae | possessīva | |
| genitive | possessīvī | possessīvae | possessīvī | possessīvōrum | possessīvārum | possessīvōrum | |
| dative | possessīvō | possessīvae | possessīvō | possessīvīs | |||
| accusative | possessīvum | possessīvam | possessīvum | possessīvōs | possessīvās | possessīva | |
| ablative | possessīvō | possessīvā | possessīvō | possessīvīs | |||
| vocative | possessīve | possessīva | possessīvum | possessīvī | possessīvae | possessīva | |
References
[edit]- “possessivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- possessivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.