nuncupativus

Latin

Etymology

From nū̆ncupō (“to name, call by name”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /nuːn.ku.paːˈtiː.u̯us/, [nuːŋkʊpäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠] or IPA(key): /nun.ku.paːˈtiː.u̯us/, [nʊŋkʊpäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nun.ku.paˈti.vus/, [nuŋkupäˈt̪iːvus]

The length of the vowel in the first syllable is uncertain: see nū̆ncupō.

Adjective

nū̆ncupātīvus (feminine nū̆ncupātīva, neuter nū̆ncupātīvum, adverb nū̆ncupātīvē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. nominal, so-called

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative nū̆ncupātīvus nū̆ncupātīva nū̆ncupātīvum nū̆ncupātīvī nū̆ncupātīvae nū̆ncupātīva
Genitive nū̆ncupātīvī nū̆ncupātīvae nū̆ncupātīvī nū̆ncupātīvōrum nū̆ncupātīvārum nū̆ncupātīvōrum
Dative nū̆ncupātīvō nū̆ncupātīvō nū̆ncupātīvīs
Accusative nū̆ncupātīvum nū̆ncupātīvam nū̆ncupātīvum nū̆ncupātīvōs nū̆ncupātīvās nū̆ncupātīva
Ablative nū̆ncupātīvō nū̆ncupātīvā nū̆ncupātīvō nū̆ncupātīvīs
Vocative nū̆ncupātīve nū̆ncupātīva nū̆ncupātīvum nū̆ncupātīvī nū̆ncupātīvae nū̆ncupātīva

References
  • “nuncupativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nuncupativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “nūncupativus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 724/2
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