Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From appellō (“to address as”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ap.pɛl.laːˈtiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ap.pel.laˈtiː.vus]
Adjective
[edit]appellātīvus (feminine appellātīva, neuter appellātīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- (grammar) appellative, belonging to a species
- Antonym: prōprius
- nōmen appellātīvum ― common noun
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | appellātīvus | appellātīva | appellātīvum | appellātīvī | appellātīvae | appellātīva |
| genitive | appellātīvī | appellātīvae | appellātīvī | appellātīvōrum | appellātīvārum | appellātīvōrum |
| dative | appellātīvō | appellātīvae | appellātīvō | appellātīvīs | ||
| accusative | appellātīvum | appellātīvam | appellātīvum | appellātīvōs | appellātīvās | appellātīva |
| ablative | appellātīvō | appellātīvā | appellātīvō | appellātīvīs | ||
| vocative | appellātīve | appellātīva | appellātīvum | appellātīvī | appellātīvae | appellātīva |
Descendants
[edit]- English: appellative
- French: appellatif
- Italian: appellativo
- Portuguese: apelativo
- Romanian: apelativ
- Spanish: apelativo
References
[edit]- “appellātīvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “appellativus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.