possessivus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From possideō (“to have, possess”, verb) + -īvus (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔs.sɛsˈsiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pos.sesˈsiː.vus]
- Hyphenation: pos‧ses‧sī‧vus
Adjective
[edit]possessīvus (feminine possessīva, neuter possessīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- possessive (pertaining to possession)
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.