possessivus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From possīdeō (“to have, possess”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pos.sesˈsiː.u̯us/, [pɔs̠ːɛs̠ˈs̠iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pos.sesˈsi.vus/, [posːesˈsiːvus]
Adjective[edit]
possessīvus (feminine possessīva, neuter possessīvum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | possessīvus | possessīva | possessīvum | possessīvī | possessīvae | possessīva | |
| Genitive | possessīvī | possessīvae | possessīvī | possessīvōrum | possessīvārum | possessīvōrum | |
| Dative | possessīvō | possessīvō | possessīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | possessīvum | possessīvam | possessīvum | possessīvōs | possessīvās | possessīva | |
| Ablative | possessīvō | possessīvā | possessīvō | possessīvīs | |||
| Vocative | possessīve | possessīva | possessīvum | possessīvī | possessīvae | possessīva | |
References[edit]
- “possessivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- possessivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.