adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
precātīvus1
precātīvus (feminine precātīva, neuter precātīvum, adverb precātīvē)
Classical[prɛ.kaːˈtiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[pre.kaˈtiː.vus]
Meaning
- Late Latinadjectiveprayed for, requested by means of a prayer or request
Quinque sunt modi: Indicativus, Potentialis, Imperativus, Precativus et Conditionalis.
1829, Franciscus Bopp, Grammatica critica linguae sanscritae, Berlin, p.141, §.295:
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | precātīvus | precātīva | precātīvum |
| genitive | precātīvī | precātīvae | precātīvī |
| dative | precātīvō | precātīvae | precātīvō |
| accusative | precātīvum | precātīvam | precātīvum |
| ablative | precātīvō | precātīvā | precātīvō |
| vocative | precātīve | precātīva | precātīvum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | precātīvī | precātīvae | precātīva |
| genitive | precātīvōrum | precātīvārum | precātīvōrum |
| dative | precātīvīs | precātīvīs | precātīvīs |
| accusative | precātīvōs | precātīvās | precātīva |
| ablative | precātīvīs | precātīvīs | precātīvīs |
| vocative | precātīvī | precātīvae | precātīva |
prĕcātīvus, a, um, adj. precor,
I. prayed for, obtained by entreaty (postclass.):
pax, Amm. 17, 5, 1: precativo modo, by prayer or entreaty, Ulp. Reg. tit. 24.—Adv.: prĕcātīvē, by request, by entreaty (post-class.), Ulp. Reg. tit. 25, 1 al.Origins
From precor.
Descendants
- Englishprecative
In English words that came into English from precātīvus
- precativeprecātīvus