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Achīvus

Achīvus (feminine Achīva, neuter Achīvum)
Classical[aˈkʰiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[aˈkiː.vus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveAchaean: of or pertaining to Achaea (A region in southern Greece)
  2. adjectivebroadlyof or pertaining to Greece as a whole
    “Aut hoc inclūsī lignō occultantur Achīvī [...].” “Either the Grecian [warriors], having enclosed [themselves] in this wood[en horse], are hiding [there] ….” – Laocoön29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.45

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Achivi · Achæi · Achaius · Achaicus · Troius · Troicus

1. Achivi are the Homeric Greeks, or Ἀχαῖοι; Achæi are either the inhabitants of Achaia, or, in the poets, the Greeks at large, as contemporaries of the Romans. Cic. Divin. i. 16. Cum Achivi cœpissent inter se strepere. Compare this with Cæcil. 20. Quod cum sibi Achæi patronum adoptarant. 2. Achaius is the adj. of Achivus. Hor. Od. i. 15. 37. Virg. Æn. ii. 462; but Achaicus is the adj. of Achæus. Cic. Att. i. 13. 3. Troius is the more select term, as adj. of the old heroic and Homeric Troja; Troicus, the usual adj. of the country Troas, without reference to the Trojan war. (v. 306.)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeAchīvusAchīvaAchīvum
genitiveAchīvīAchīvaeAchīvī
dativeAchīvōAchīvaeAchīvō
accusativeAchīvumAchīvamAchīvum
ablativeAchīvōAchīvāAchīvō
vocativeAchīveAchīvaAchīvum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeAchīvīAchīvaeAchīva
genitiveAchīvōrumAchīvārumAchīvōrum
dativeAchīvīsAchīvīsAchīvīs
accusativeAchīvōsAchīvāsAchīva
ablativeAchīvīsAchīvīsAchīvīs
vocativeAchīvīAchīvaeAchīva

Ăchīvus, a, um (
I. gen. plur. Achivom, Verg. A. 11, 266), adj. fr. Achaeus, with the Digamma, Achaefos, Achifus, Achivus, Achaean, Grecian (v. Achaia): tellus, Ov. Pont. 1, 4, 33: castra, id. H. 1, 21.—Hence, ăchīvi, the Greeks, Cic. Div. 1, 14: quidquid delirant reges plectuntur Achivi, whatever wrongs the (Grecian) kings are guilty of (before Troy) their subjects must suffer for; but it soon became a general proverb: whatever errors the great commit, the people must atone for, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 14.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχειϝος (Akheiwos). Doublet of Achaeus.

Descendants
  • Italianachivo
  • Portugueseaquivo
  • Spanishaquivo

Quick answers

What does Achīvus mean in Latin?
Achīvus, a adjective, means “Achaean: of or pertaining to Achaea (A region in southern Greece); of or pertaining to Greece as a whole”.
How do you pronounce Achīvus?
In classical Latin, [aˈkʰiː.wʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈkiː.vus].