genetivus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From genitus, the perfect passive participial stem of gignō (“to be born”), + -īvus (verbal adjective–forming suffix), with the vowel i changed to e. In the grammatical sense, possibly a calque of Ancient Greek γενῐκή (genĭkḗ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛ.nɛˈtiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒe.neˈt̪iː.vus]
Adjective
genetīvus (feminine genetīva, neuter genetīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or related to the act of generation or birth: productive, creative, causal
- Synonyms: prōductīvus, creātīvus, causālis (all as in Late Latin)
- native
- belonging to a family or gens
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | genetīvus | genetīva | genetīvum | genetīvī | genetīvae | genetīva | |
| genitive | genetīvī | genetīvae | genetīvī | genetīvōrum | genetīvārum | genetīvōrum | |
| dative | genetīvō | genetīvae | genetīvō | genetīvīs | |||
| accusative | genetīvum | genetīvam | genetīvum | genetīvōs | genetīvās | genetīva | |
| ablative | genetīvō | genetīvā | genetīvō | genetīvīs | |||
| vocative | genetīve | genetīva | genetīvum | genetīvī | genetīvae | genetīva | |
Noun
genetīvus m (genitive genetīvī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | genetīvus | genetīvī |
| genitive | genetīvī | genetīvōrum |
| dative | genetīvō | genetīvīs |
| accusative | genetīvum | genetīvōs |
| ablative | genetīvō | genetīvīs |
| vocative | genetīve | genetīvī |
Descendants
References
- “genetivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “genetivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- genetivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.