LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

positīvus

positīvus (feminine positīva, neuter positīvum)
Classical[pɔ.sɪˈtiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[po.s̬iˈtiː.vus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivepositive
  2. adjectivepositive (of an adjective, not comparative or superlative)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepositīvuspositīvapositīvum
genitivepositīvīpositīvaepositīvī
dativepositīvōpositīvaepositīvō
accusativepositīvumpositīvampositīvum
ablativepositīvōpositīvāpositīvō
vocativepositīvepositīvapositīvum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepositīvīpositīvaepositīva
genitivepositīvōrumpositīvārumpositīvōrum
dativepositīvīspositīvīspositīvīs
accusativepositīvōspositīvāspositīva
ablativepositīvīspositīvīspositīvīs
vocativepositīvīpositīvaepositīva

pŏsĭtīvus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. positive, in gram.
I. Settled by arbitrary appointment or agreement (opp. to natural): nomina non positiva esse sed naturalia, Gell. 10, 4 in lemm.—
II. Positivum nomen.
1. An adjective in the positive degree, Cledon. p. 1893 P.—
2. A substantive, Macr. S. 1, 4, 9.

Origins

From pōnō (“to put, place”) + īvus.

Descendants
  • Catalanpositiu
  • Frenchpositiffrom Old French positif
  • Englishpositivefrom Old French positif
  • Italianpositivo
  • Occitanpositiu
  • Portuguesepositivo
  • Romanianpozitiv
  • Spanishpositivo
  • Finnishpositiivinen
  • Galicianpositivo

In English words that came into English from positīvus

  • positivepositīvus

Quick answers

What does positīvus mean in Latin?
positīvus, a adjective, means “positive; positive (of an adjective, not comparative or superlative)”.
How do you pronounce positīvus?
In classical Latin, [pɔ.sɪˈtiː.wʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [po.s̬iˈtiː.vus].