LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

vocātīvus

vocātīvus (feminine vocātīva, neuter vocātīvum)
Classical[wɔ.kaːˈtiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[vo.kaˈtiː.vus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveof or belonging to calling, vocative
  2. adjectivemasculinenounvocative case, vocative
    vocātīvus etiam salūtātōrius vocātur, ut 'ō Aenēā' et 'salvē Aenēā'; […][T]he vocative is also called the salutatory, as in 'oh Aeneas' and 'hello Aeneas'; […]1855, Grammatici latini ex recensione Henrici Keilii vol. II: Prisciani institutionum grammaticarum libri I-XII ex recensione Martini Hertzii, Lipsiae, [ianiInstitutionumGrammaticarumLibri/PriscianiInstitutionumGrammaticarumLibriI-xiihertz.1855/page/186/mode/1up page 186]:

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevocātīvusvocātīvavocātīvum
genitivevocātīvīvocātīvaevocātīvī
dativevocātīvōvocātīvaevocātīvō
accusativevocātīvumvocātīvamvocātīvum
ablativevocātīvōvocātīvāvocātīvō
vocativevocātīvevocātīvavocātīvum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevocātīvīvocātīvaevocātīva
genitivevocātīvōrumvocātīvārumvocātīvōrum
dativevocātīvīsvocātīvīsvocātīvīs
accusativevocātīvōsvocātīvāsvocātīva
ablativevocātīvīsvocātīvīsvocātīvīs
vocativevocātīvīvocātīvaevocātīva

vŏcātīvus, a, um, adj. voco,
I. of or belonging to calling: casus, the vocative case, in gram., Gell. 14, 5, 1 sq. al.—As subst.: vŏcātīvus, i, m., the vocative case, Charis. p. 11 P.; Prisc. p. 671 ib. al.

Origins

From vocō (“to call, summon”) + -īvus (adjectival suffix). A calque of Ancient Greek κλητῐκή (klētĭkḗ).

Descendants
  • Catalanvocatiu
  • Englishvocative
  • Frenchvocatif
  • Italianvocativo
  • Portuguesevocativo
  • Romanianvocativ
  • Spanishvocativo

In English words that came into English from vocātīvus

  • vocativevocātīvus

Quick answers

What does vocātīvus mean in Latin?
vocātīvus, a adjective, means “of or belonging to calling, vocative; vocative case, vocative”.
How do you pronounce vocātīvus?
In classical Latin, [wɔ.kaːˈtiː.wʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vo.kaˈtiː.vus].