adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
statīvus
statīvus (feminine statīva, neuter statīvum)
Classical[staˈtiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[staˈtiː.vus]
Meaning
- adjectivestationary (standing still)
- adjectivepermanent (especially of a military camp)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
locō fīxus, immōtusstatīvus -a -um — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 14
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | statīvus | statīva | statīvum |
| genitive | statīvī | statīvae | statīvī |
| dative | statīvō | statīvae | statīvō |
| accusative | statīvum | statīvam | statīvum |
| ablative | statīvō | statīvā | statīvō |
| vocative | statīve | statīva | statīvum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | statīvī | statīvae | statīva |
| genitive | statīvōrum | statīvārum | statīvōrum |
| dative | statīvīs | statīvīs | statīvīs |
| accusative | statīvōs | statīvās | statīva |
| ablative | statīvīs | statīvīs | statīvīs |
| vocative | statīvī | statīvae | statīva |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- castra stativa (Sall. Iug. 44)
- a permanent camp.
stătīvus, a, um, adj. sto,
I. standing still, stationary.
I. In gen. (very rare): de stativis aquis, ut sunt lacus et stagna et putea et maria, standing waters, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 2: tarditas, Firm. Math. 1, 2 fin.—Of a light (transl. of Gr. στηριγμός), App. de Mundo, 16, p. 64, 24.—
II. In partic.
A. In milit. lang., of or belonging to posts, stations, or quarters (the predom. signif. of the word): praesidium stativum, appointed post or station = statio, Cic. Phil. 12, 10, 24; Liv. 41, 1, 6; 44, 40, 6:
castra, a stationary camp, a camp where an army halts for a long while, Caes. B. C. 3, 30; 3, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; Sall. J. 44, 4; Tac. A. 3, 21 fin. al.—Hence, substt. 1. stătīva, ōrum, n., a stationary camp.
(b). Transf., of travellers: stativa, a restingplace, stopping-place, quarters:
stativis dies absumuntur, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 103; Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 8.—* 2. stătīvae, ārum, f.:
mansiones, deinde stativae, deinde ubi annona esset accipienda, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 45.—B. In relig. lang.: stativae feriae, fixed or stated feasts (usually statae feriae), Macr. S. 1, 16, § 5.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
statīvus adj.
STA-, set, stationary, fixed : praesidium stativum: castra, a stationary camp , Cs.: stativa sibi castra faciebat, i. e. settled in inactivity.—Plur. n . as subst. (sc. castra), a stationary camp, permanent encampment : in his stativis liberi commeatūs erant, L.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*(s)tāō
- Latinstatīvus
Latin īvus Latin statīvus From stō (“to stand”) + īvus.