coniunctivus
Latin
Alternative forms
- coniunctiuus, conjunctivus, conjunctiuus (letter-form variants)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔn.juːŋkˈtiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon.juŋkˈt̪iː.vus]
Etymology 1
From coniūnctus (“united, connected”) + -īvus (“-ive”, relative adjective suffix).
Adjective
coniūnctīvus (feminine coniūnctīva, neuter coniūnctīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) relating to connection, serving to connect; connective, conjunctive
- composite, compound
- (grammar) conjunctive and/or subjunctive (the verbal mood that joins clauses together)
- Synonyms: subiūnctīvus, adiūnctīvus, coniūnctātīvus
- Quō enim pactō sine coniūnctīvō modō vīverēmus? ― How would we even be alive without the conjunctive mood?
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | coniūnctīvus | coniūnctīva | coniūnctīvum | coniūnctīvī | coniūnctīvae | coniūnctīva | |
| genitive | coniūnctīvī | coniūnctīvae | coniūnctīvī | coniūnctīvōrum | coniūnctīvārum | coniūnctīvōrum | |
| dative | coniūnctīvō | coniūnctīvae | coniūnctīvō | coniūnctīvīs | |||
| accusative | coniūnctīvum | coniūnctīvam | coniūnctīvum | coniūnctīvōs | coniūnctīvās | coniūnctīva | |
| ablative | coniūnctīvō | coniūnctīvā | coniūnctīvō | coniūnctīvīs | |||
| vocative | coniūnctīve | coniūnctīva | coniūnctīvum | coniūnctīvī | coniūnctīvae | coniūnctīva | |
Etymology 2
Ellipsis of modus coniūnctīvus (“the joining-together mood”).
Noun
coniūnctīvus m (genitive coniūnctīvī); second declension
- (grammar) the conjunctive and/or subjunctive
Inflection
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | coniūnctīvus | coniūnctīvī |
| genitive | coniūnctīvī | coniūnctīvōrum |
| dative | coniūnctīvō | coniūnctīvīs |
| accusative | coniūnctīvum | coniūnctīvōs |
| ablative | coniūnctīvō | coniūnctīvīs |
| vocative | coniūnctīve | coniūnctīvī |
References
- “conjunctivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- coniunctivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be used with the conjunctive mood: adiungi, addi coniunctivo (Marc. Cap. 3. 83)
- to be used with the conjunctive mood: adiungi, addi coniunctivo (Marc. Cap. 3. 83)