Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From patior (“to endure”) + -īvus (adjective suffix). In the grammatical sense, it is a calque of Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pasˈsiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pasˈsiː.vus]
Adjective
[edit]passīvus (feminine passīva, neuter passīvum, adverb passīvē); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | passīvus | passīva | passīvum | passīvī | passīvae | passīva |
| genitive | passīvī | passīvae | passīvī | passīvōrum | passīvārum | passīvōrum |
| dative | passīvō | passīvae | passīvō | passīvīs | ||
| accusative | passīvum | passīvam | passīvum | passīvōs | passīvās | passīva |
| ablative | passīvō | passīvā | passīvō | passīvīs | ||
| vocative | passīve | passīva | passīvum | passīvī | passīvae | passīva |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: passiu
- → Danish: passiv
- → English: passive
- → French: passif
- → Turkish: pasif
- → German: passiv
- → Italian: passivo
- → Portuguese: passivo
- → Russian: пасси́вный (passívnyj)
- → Sicilian: passivu
- → Spanish: pasivo
- → Swedish: passiv
References
[edit]- “passivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "passivus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “passivus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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