apertivus

Latin

Alternative forms

• aperitīvus (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

aperiō (“I open”, perfect passive participial stem: apert-) +‎ -īvus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.perˈtiː.u̯us/, [äpɛrˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.perˈti.vus/, [äperˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

apertīvus (feminine apertīva, neuter apertīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin, medicine) that cause or causes to open, opening

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Caelius Aurelianus to this entry?)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	apertīvus	apertīva	apertīvum		apertīvī	apertīvae	apertīva
genitive	apertīvī	apertīvae	apertīvī		apertīvōrum	apertīvārum	apertīvōrum
dative	apertīvō	apertīvae	apertīvō		apertīvīs
accusative	apertīvum	apertīvam	apertīvum		apertīvōs	apertīvās	apertīva
ablative	apertīvō	apertīvā	apertīvō		apertīvīs
vocative	apertīve	apertīva	apertīvum		apertīvī	apertīvae	apertīva

Descendants

• Catalan: aperitiu
• English: aperitive, apéritif
• Esperanto: aperitivo
• French: apéritif
  • → Dutch: aperitief
    • → Indonesian: aperitif
  • → Greek: απεριτίφ (aperitíf)
  • → Hungarian: aperitif
  • → Polish: aperitif
  • → Romanian: aperitiv
  • → Turkish: aperitif
• Galician: aperitivo
• Italian: aperitivo
  • Sicilian: apiritivu
• Portuguese: aperitivo
• Sicilian: rapitivu
• Spanish: aperitivo

References

• ăpertīvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 140/1.
• apertiuus in Ramminger, Johann (2025 February 2 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016