LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

indicātīvus

indicātīvus (feminine indicātīva, neuter indicātīvum)
Classical[ɪn.dɪ.kaːˈtiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[in.di.kaˈtiː.vus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveindicative

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeindicātīvusindicātīvaindicātīvum
genitiveindicātīvīindicātīvaeindicātīvī
dativeindicātīvōindicātīvaeindicātīvō
accusativeindicātīvumindicātīvamindicātīvum
ablativeindicātīvōindicātīvāindicātīvō
vocativeindicātīveindicātīvaindicātīvum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeindicātīvīindicātīvaeindicātīva
genitiveindicātīvōrumindicātīvārumindicātīvōrum
dativeindicātīvīsindicātīvīsindicātīvīs
accusativeindicātīvōsindicātīvāsindicātīva
ablativeindicātīvīsindicātīvīsindicātīvīs
vocativeindicātīvīindicātīvaeindicātīva

indĭcātīvus, a, um, adj. id. (postclass.), gram. t. t.,
I. indicative, Diom. p. 329; Prisc. 819 P.

Origins

From indicō (“to point out, indicate, show”) + -īvus, a calque of Ancient Greek ὁριστική (horistikḗ).

Descendants
  • Catalanindicatiu
  • Englishindicativefrom Middle French indicatif
  • Frenchindicatiffrom Middle French indicatif
  • Romanianindicativfrom Middle French indicatif
  • GermanIndikativ
  • Italianindicativo
  • Portugueseindicativo
  • Spanishindicativo
  • Dutchindicativus
  • Dutchindicatieffrom Middle French indicatif

In English words that came into English from indicātīvus

  • indicativeindicātīvus

Quick answers

What does indicātīvus mean in Latin?
indicātīvus, a adjective, means “indicative”.
How do you pronounce indicātīvus?
In classical Latin, [ɪn.dɪ.kaːˈtiː.wʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [in.di.kaˈtiː.vus].