votivus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From voveō (“to vow”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯oːˈtiː.u̯us/, [u̯oːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /voˈti.vus/, [voˈt̪iːvus]
Adjective
[edit]vōtīvus (feminine vōtīva, neuter vōtīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to a vow; promised by a vow, given in consequence of a vow; vowed, votive.
- Desired, longed or wished for.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | vōtīvus | vōtīva | vōtīvum | vōtīvī | vōtīvae | vōtīva | |
genitive | vōtīvī | vōtīvae | vōtīvī | vōtīvōrum | vōtīvārum | vōtīvōrum | |
dative | vōtīvō | vōtīvae | vōtīvō | vōtīvīs | |||
accusative | vōtīvum | vōtīvam | vōtīvum | vōtīvōs | vōtīvās | vōtīva | |
ablative | vōtīvō | vōtīvā | vōtīvō | vōtīvīs | |||
vocative | vōtīve | vōtīva | vōtīvum | vōtīvī | vōtīvae | vōtīva |
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “votivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “votivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- votivus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- votivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.