adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
āctīvus
āctīvus (feminine āctīva, neuter āctīvum, adverb āctīvē)
Classical[aːkˈtiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[akˈtiː.vus]
Meaning
- adjectiveactive
- adjectivepractical
- adjectiveactive (of a verb)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | āctīvus | āctīva | āctīvum |
| genitive | āctīvī | āctīvae | āctīvī |
| dative | āctīvō | āctīvae | āctīvō |
| accusative | āctīvum | āctīvam | āctīvum |
| ablative | āctīvō | āctīvā | āctīvō |
| vocative | āctīve | āctīva | āctīvum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | āctīvī | āctīvae | āctīva |
| genitive | āctīvōrum | āctīvārum | āctīvōrum |
| dative | āctīvīs | āctīvīs | āctīvīs |
| accusative | āctīvōs | āctīvās | āctīva |
| ablative | āctīvīs | āctīvīs | āctīvīs |
| vocative | āctīvī | āctīvae | āctīva |
actīvus, a, um, adj. ago.
I. Active: philosophia, practical (opp. to contemplativa): philosophia et contemplativa est et activa;
spectat simul agitque, Sen. Ep. 95, 10: (opp. to spectativus) thesin a causa sic distinguunt, ut illa sit spectativae partis, haec activae, Quint. 3, 5, 11: (rhetorice) quia maximus ejus usus actu continetur, dicatur activa, id. 2, 18, 5.—II. In gramm.: verba activa, which designate transitive action (opp. neutra or intransitiva), Charis. p. 138; Diom. p. 326 P. al.—Adv.: actīve, in gramm., actively, like a verb active, Prisc. pp. 794, 799 P.
Origins
From agō (“to act”) + -īvus. Sense 3 is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός (energētikós).
Descendants
- Catalanactiu
- Frenchactiffrom Old French actif
- Romanianactivfrom Old French actif
- Englishactivefrom Old French actif
- Germanaktiv
- Italianattivo
- Occitanactiu
- Portugueseativo
- Spanishactivo
- Danishaktiv