LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

ēmissīvus

ēmissīvus (feminine ēmissīva, neuter ēmissīvum)
Classical[eː.mɪsˈsiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[e.misˈsiː.vus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveemissive, forthsending, discharging
  2. adjectivehurling, casting
  3. adjectiveforthletting, outsending
  4. adjectiveuttering

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeēmissīvusēmissīvaēmissīvum
genitiveēmissīvīēmissīvaeēmissīvī
dativeēmissīvōēmissīvaeēmissīvō
accusativeēmissīvumēmissīvamēmissīvum
ablativeēmissīvōēmissīvāēmissīvō
vocativeēmissīveēmissīvaēmissīvum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeēmissīvīēmissīvaeēmissīva
genitiveēmissīvōrumēmissīvārumēmissīvōrum
dativeēmissīvīsēmissīvīsēmissīvīs
accusativeēmissīvōsēmissīvāsēmissīva
ablativeēmissīvīsēmissīvīsēmissīvīs
vocativeēmissīvīēmissīvaeēmissīva

Origins

From ēmittō (“to emit”) + -īvus (adjectival suffix).

Descendants
  • Englishemissive
  • Frenchémissif
  • Italianemissivo
  • Spanishemisivo
  • Idoemisiva

In English words that came into English from ēmissīvus

  • emissiveēmissīvus

Quick answers

What does ēmissīvus mean in Latin?
ēmissīvus, a adjective, means “emissive, forthsending, discharging; hurling, casting; forthletting, outsending”.
How do you pronounce ēmissīvus?
In classical Latin, [eː.mɪsˈsiː.wʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [e.misˈsiː.vus].