optivus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Somehow from optō +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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optīvus (feminine optīva, neuter optīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (rare) chosen
    cognōmen optīvumassumed name

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

References

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  • optivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • optivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • optivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.