LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

redivīvus

redivīvus (feminine redivīva, neuter redivīvum)
Classical[rɛ.dɪˈwiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[re.diˈviː.vus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverestored to life
  2. adjectiverenewed, renovated
  3. adjectivesecondhand

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeredivīvusredivīvaredivīvum
genitiveredivīvīredivīvaeredivīvī
dativeredivīvōredivīvaeredivīvō
accusativeredivīvumredivīvamredivīvum
ablativeredivīvōredivīvāredivīvō
vocativeredivīveredivīvaredivīvum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeredivīvīredivīvaeredivīva
genitiveredivīvōrumredivīvārumredivīvōrum
dativeredivīvīsredivīvīsredivīvīs
accusativeredivīvōsredivīvāsredivīva
ablativeredivīvīsredivīvīsredivīvīs
vocativeredivīvīredivīvaeredivīva

rĕdĭ-vīvus, a, um, adj. v. re init..
I. That lives again (late Lat.; cf. recidivus): Christus, Prud. Cath. 3, 204.—
II. Renewed, renovated, of old building-materials used as new: redivivus rudus (opp. novum), Vitr. 7, 1: unam columnam efficere ab integro novam, nullo lapide redivivo, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147. — Subst.: rĕdĭ-vīvum, i, n., old material used again in building: quasi quicquam redivivi ex opere illo tolleretur ac non totum opus ex redivivis constitueretur, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 148; cf.: redivivum est ex vetusto renovatum, Fest. p. 273 Müll.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Italic *gʷīwos Latin vīvus Latin redivīvus From red(i) + vīvus.

Descendants
  • Catalanrediviu
  • Englishredivivus
  • Italianredivivo
  • Portugueseredivivo
  • Spanishredivivo
  • Galicianredivivo

In English words that came into English from redivīvus

  • redivivusredivīvus

Quick answers

What does redivīvus mean in Latin?
redivīvus, a adjective, means “restored to life; renewed, renovated; secondhand”.
How do you pronounce redivīvus?
In classical Latin, [rɛ.dɪˈwiː.wʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [re.diˈviː.vus].