defectivus
Latin
Adjective
dēfectīvus (feminine dēfectīva, neuter dēfectīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Late Latin) imperfect, defective
- (Late Latin, grammar) Of names, those that are missing from certain cases.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | dēfectivus | dēfectiva | dēfectivum | dēfectivī | dēfectivae | dēfectiva | |
| genitive | dēfectivī | dēfectivae | dēfectivī | dēfectivōrum | dēfectivārum | dēfectivōrum | |
| dative | dēfectivō | dēfectivae | dēfectivō | dēfectivīs | |||
| accusative | dēfectivum | dēfectivam | dēfectivum | dēfectivōs | dēfectivās | dēfectiva | |
| ablative | dēfectivō | dēfectivā | dēfectivō | dēfectivīs | |||
| vocative | dēfective | dēfectiva | dēfectivum | dēfectivī | dēfectivae | dēfectiva | |
Related terms
References
- “defectivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- defectivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.