appellativus
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Latin
Etymology
From appellō (“to address as”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ap.pel.laːˈtiː.u̯us/, [äpːɛlːʲäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ap.pel.laˈti.vus/, [äpːelːäˈt̪iːvus]
Adjective
appellātīvus (feminine appellātīva, neuter appellātīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- (grammar) appellative, belonging to a species
- Antonym: prōprius
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | appellātīvus | appellātīva | appellātīvum | appellātīvī | appellātīvae | appellātīva | |
| Genitive | appellātīvī | appellātīvae | appellātīvī | appellātīvōrum | appellātīvārum | appellātīvōrum | |
| Dative | appellātīvō | appellātīvō | appellātīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | appellātīvum | appellātīvam | appellātīvum | appellātīvōs | appellātīvās | appellātīva | |
| Ablative | appellātīvō | appellātīvā | appellātīvō | appellātīvīs | |||
| Vocative | appellātīve | appellātīva | appellātīvum | appellātīvī | appellātīvae | appellātīva | |
Descendants
- English: appellative
- French: appellatif
- Italian: appellativo
- Portuguese: apelativo
- Romanian: apelativ
- Spanish: apelativo
References
- “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.