adoptivus

Latin

Etymology

From adoptō (to choose) + -īvus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

adoptīvus (feminine adoptīva, neuter adoptīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. adoptive (by adoption)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative adoptīvus adoptīva adoptīvum adoptīvī adoptīvae adoptīva
Genitive adoptīvī adoptīvae adoptīvī adoptīvōrum adoptīvārum adoptīvōrum
Dative adoptīvō adoptīvō adoptīvīs
Accusative adoptīvum adoptīvam adoptīvum adoptīvōs adoptīvās adoptīva
Ablative adoptīvō adoptīvā adoptīvō adoptīvīs
Vocative adoptīve adoptīva adoptīvum adoptīvī adoptīvae adoptīva

Descendants

References

  • adoptivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adoptivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adoptivus 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)
  • adoptivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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