LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjective

praescriptīvus

Meaning

  1. relating to a legal exception

praescriptīvus, a, um, adj. praescribo, II. B.,
I. of or relating to a legal exception or demurrer (post-class.): praescriptivae quaestiones, Jul. Vict. Art. Rhet. 3, 10: quaestiunculae, id. ib. 4, 1: praescripti vum praecedens, Sulp. Viet. Inst. Or. p. 282. —Adv.: praescriptīvē, with an exception (eccl. Lat.): occurrere, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 1.

In English words that came into English from praescriptīvus

  • prescriptivepraescriptīvus

Quick answers

What does praescriptīvus mean in Latin?
praescriptīvus, a adjective, means “relating to a legal exception”.