festivus
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See also: Festivus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fēstus (“of or pertaining to feasts”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /feːsˈtiː.u̯us/, [feːs̠ˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fesˈti.vus/, [fesˈt̪iːvus]
Adjective
[edit]fēstīvus (feminine fēstīva, neuter fēstīvum, adverb fēstīvē or fēstīviter); first/second-declension adjective
- lively, festive, joyous, gay, merry
- agreeable, pleasing; handsome, pretty
- (of character) jovial, agreeable
- (of speech) humorous, witty, lively
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | fēstīvus | fēstīva | fēstīvum | fēstīvī | fēstīvae | fēstīva | |
genitive | fēstīvī | fēstīvae | fēstīvī | fēstīvōrum | fēstīvārum | fēstīvōrum | |
dative | fēstīvō | fēstīvae | fēstīvō | fēstīvīs | |||
accusative | fēstīvum | fēstīvam | fēstīvum | fēstīvōs | fēstīvās | fēstīva | |
ablative | fēstīvō | fēstīvā | fēstīvō | fēstīvīs | |||
vocative | fēstīve | fēstīva | fēstīvum | fēstīvī | fēstīvae | fēstīva |
Derived terms
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References
[edit]- “festivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “festivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- festivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.