relativus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From referō (“to carry back”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /re.laːˈtiː.u̯us/, [rɛɫ̪äːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re.laˈti.vus/, [reläˈt̪iːvus]
Adjective
[edit]relātīvus (feminine relātīva, neuter relātīvum, adverb relātīvē); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | relātīvus | relātīva | relātīvum | relātīvī | relātīvae | relātīva | |
| genitive | relātīvī | relātīvae | relātīvī | relātīvōrum | relātīvārum | relātīvōrum | |
| dative | relātīvō | relātīvae | relātīvō | relātīvīs | |||
| accusative | relātīvum | relātīvam | relātīvum | relātīvōs | relātīvās | relātīva | |
| ablative | relātīvō | relātīvā | relātīvō | relātīvīs | |||
| vocative | relātīve | relātīva | relātīvum | relātīvī | relātīvae | relātīva | |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: relative
- French: relatif
- Italian: relativo
- Piedmontese: relativ
- Portuguese: relativo
- Romanian: relativ
- Spanish: relativo
References
[edit]- “relativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- relativus 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)
- relativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.