appellativus

Latin

Etymology

From appellō (“to address as”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ap.pel.laːˈtiː.u̯us/, [äpːɛlːʲäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap.pel.laˈti.vus/, [äpːelːäˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

appellātīvus (feminine appellātīva, neuter appellātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (grammar) appellative, belonging to a species

   Antonym: prōprius

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	appellātīvus	appellātīva	appellātīvum		appellātīvī	appellātīvae	appellātīva
Genitive	appellātīvī	appellātīvae	appellātīvī		appellātīvōrum	appellātīvārum	appellātīvōrum
Dative	appellātīvō		appellātīvō		appellātīvīs
Accusative	appellātīvum	appellātīvam	appellātīvum		appellātīvōs	appellātīvās	appellātīva
Ablative	appellātīvō	appellātīvā	appellātīvō		appellātīvīs
Vocative	appellātīve	appellātīva	appellātīvum		appellātīvī	appellātīvae	appellātīva

Descendants

• English: appellative
• French: appellatif
• Italian: appellativo
• Portuguese: apelativo
• Romanian: apelativ
• Spanish: apelativo

References

• “appellātīvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• appellativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.