adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
genetīvus1
genetīvus (feminine genetīva, neuter genetīvum)
Classical[ɡɛ.nɛˈtiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[d͡ʒe.neˈtiː.vus]
Meaning
- adjectiveof or related to the act of generation or birth: productive, creative, causal
(all as in Late Latin)
- adjectivenative
- adjectivebelonging to a family or gens
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
cāsus possessōrisgenetīvus -ī (m) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 11
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | genetīvus | genetīva genitīva | genetīvum genitīvum |
| genitive | genetīvī genitīvī | genetīvae genitīvae | genetīvī genitīvī |
| dative | genetīvō genitīvō | genetīvae genitīvae | genetīvō genitīvō |
| accusative | genetīvum genitīvum | genetīvam genitīvam | genetīvum genitīvum |
| ablative | genetīvō genitīvō | genetīvā genitīvā | genetīvō genitīvō |
| vocative | genetīve genitīve | genetīva genitīva | genetīvum genitīvum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | genetīvī genitīvī | genetīvae genitīvae | genetīva genitīva |
| genitive | genetīvōrum genitīvōrum | genetīvārum genitīvārum | genetīvōrum genitīvōrum |
| dative | genetīvīs genitīvīs | genetīvīs genitīvīs | genetīvīs genitīvīs |
| accusative | genetīvōs genitīvōs | genetīvās genitīvās | genetīva genitīva |
| ablative | genetīvīs genitīvīs | genetīvīs genitīvīs | genetīvīs genitīvīs |
| vocative | genetīvī genitīvī | genetīvae genitīvae | genetīva genitīva |
gĕnĕtīvus (not gĕnĭtīvus; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 15 sq.), a, um, adj. genitus, from gigno,
I. of or belonging to generation or birth.
I. In gen. (rare; not in Cic.): Apollinis Genetivi ara, the generator, fertilizer, Cato ap. Macr. S. 3, 6;
for which: Phoebi Genitoris ad aras, Val. Fl. 5, 404: forma prior rediit genetivaque rursus imago, native, original nature, Ov. M. 3, 331: dispersis per pectus genetivis notis, birth-marks, Suet. Aug. 80: nomina, i. e. belonging to a family or gens, Ov. P. 3, 2, 107.—II. In partic., in gram., genetivus (genit-) casus, the genitive case (in Varr. L. L. called patricius casus): si ut Maecenas Suffenas. Asprenas dicerentur, genetivo casu non e littera, sed tis syllaba terminarentur, Quint. 1, 5, 62; 1, 6, 14; Suet. Aug. 87 et saep.; and with equal frequency subst.: gĕnĕtīvus, i, m., the genitive, Quint. 1, 5, 63; 1, 6, 14; Gell. 4, 16, 3 et saep.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
genetīvus (not geni-), adj.
genitus, of generation, of birth : imago, original nature , O.: nomina, i. e. of a family , O.
Origins
From genitus, the perfect passive participial stem of gignō (“to be born”), + -īvus (verbal adjective–forming suffix), with the vowel i changed to e. In the grammatical sense, a calque of Ancient Greek γενῐκή (genĭkḗ).
In English words that came into English from genetīvus
- genitivegenetīvus