LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

comparātīvus

comparātīvus (feminine comparātīva, neuter comparātīvum)
Classical[kɔm.pa.raːˈtiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[kom.pa.raˈtiː.vus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivecomparative
  2. adjectivecomparative (of an adjective)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecomparātīvuscomparātīvacomparātīvum
genitivecomparātīvīcomparātīvaecomparātīvī
dativecomparātīvōcomparātīvaecomparātīvō
accusativecomparātīvumcomparātīvamcomparātīvum
ablativecomparātīvōcomparātīvācomparātīvō
vocativecomparātīvecomparātīvacomparātīvum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecomparātīvīcomparātīvaecomparātīva
genitivecomparātīvōrumcomparātīvārumcomparātīvōrum
dativecomparātīvīscomparātīvīscomparātīvīs
accusativecomparātīvōscomparātīvāscomparātīva
ablativecomparātīvīscomparātīvīscomparātīvīs
vocativecomparātīvīcomparātīvaecomparātīva

compărātīvus, a, um, adj. 1. comparo,
I. of or pertaining to comparison, depending on comparison, comparative.
I. In gen.: judicatio, Cic. Inv. 2, 25, 76 (cf. 1. comparatio, I.): genus causae (opp. simplex), Quint. 7, 4, 3: vocabulum, Gell. 5, 21, 13.—Subst.: compărātīva, ōrum, n., words in the comparative degree, comparatives, Quint. 9, 3, 19.—Adv.: compărā-tīvē, with comparison: dicere, Gell. 5, 21, 14; Ambros. de Fide, 5, 9, 71.—
II. Esp. in gram.
A. Gradus, or absol., the comparative, Don. p. 1745 P. et saep.—
B. Casus, the ablative, Prisc. p. 671 P.

Origins

From comparō (“to compare”) + īvus.

Descendants
  • Catalancomparatiu
  • Italiancomparativo
  • Frenchcomparatiffrom Old French comparatif
  • Romaniancomparativfrom Old French comparatif
  • Englishcomparativefrom Old French comparatif
  • Portuguesecomparativo
  • Spanishcomparativo
  • Galiciancomparativo
  • Norwegian Bokmålkomparativ

In English words that came into English from comparātīvus

  • comparativecomparātīvus

Quick answers

What does comparātīvus mean in Latin?
comparātīvus, a adjective, means “comparative; comparative (of an adjective)”.
How do you pronounce comparātīvus?
In classical Latin, [kɔm.pa.raːˈtiː.wʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kom.pa.raˈtiː.vus].