aggressivus
Latin
Etymology
From aggredior (“I approach; attack”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aɡ.ɡrɛsˈsiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aɡ.ɡresˈsiː.vus]
Adjective
aggressīvus (feminine aggressīva, neuter aggressīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) aggressive
- Synonyms: pugnāx, bellicus, bellicōsus
- Antonym: dēfēnsīvus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | aggressīvus | aggressīva | aggressīvum | aggressīvī | aggressīvae | aggressīva | |
| genitive | aggressīvī | aggressīvae | aggressīvī | aggressīvōrum | aggressīvārum | aggressīvōrum | |
| dative | aggressīvō | aggressīvae | aggressīvō | aggressīvīs | |||
| accusative | aggressīvum | aggressīvam | aggressīvum | aggressīvōs | aggressīvās | aggressīva | |
| ablative | aggressīvō | aggressīvā | aggressīvō | aggressīvīs | |||
| vocative | aggressīve | aggressīva | aggressīvum | aggressīvī | aggressīvae | aggressīva | |
Descendants
- → Danish: aggressiv
- → English: aggressive
- → French: agressif
- → German: aggressiv
- → Italian: aggressivo
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: aggressiv
- → Portuguese: agressivo
- → Romanian: agresiv
- → Spanish: agresivo
- → Swedish: aggressiv
References
- aggressivus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016