creativus

Latin

Etymology

creō +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kre.aːˈtiː.u̯us/, [kreäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kre.aˈti.vus/, [kreäˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

creātīvus (feminine creātīva, neuter creātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Medieval Latin) creative

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	creātīvus	creātīva	creātīvum		creātīvī	creātīvae	creātīva
genitive	creātīvī	creātīvae	creātīvī		creātīvōrum	creātīvārum	creātīvōrum
dative	creātīvō	creātīvae	creātīvō		creātīvīs
accusative	creātīvum	creātīvam	creātīvum		creātīvōs	creātīvās	creātīva
ablative	creātīvō	creātīvā	creātīvō		creātīvīs
vocative	creātīve	creātīva	creātīvum		creātīvī	creātīvae	creātīva

Descendants

• → Catalan: creatiu (learned)
• → English: creative (learned)
• → French: créatif (learned)
• → German: kreativ (learned)
• → Italian: creativo (learned)
• → Portuguese: creativo (learned)
• → Romanian: creativ (learned)
• → Spanish: creativo (learned)

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “creativus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC