-ivus
See also: Ivuš
Latin
Etymology
From the Proto-Indo-European *-iHwós, an extended form of *-wós. Cognate with Ancient Greek -εῖος (-eîos) (whence also some Latin forms in -ēus).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.vus]
Suffix
-īvus (feminine -īva, neuter -īvum); first/second-declension suffix
- Adjective suffix.
- Added to the perfect passive participial stem of verbs, forming a deverbal adjective meaning “doing” or “related to doing”
- Less frequently, added to the root or present stem of a verb
- Less frequently added to a noun stem
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -īvus | -īva | -īvum | -īvī | -īvae | -īva | |
| genitive | -īvī | -īvae | -īvī | -īvōrum | -īvārum | -īvōrum | |
| dative | -īvō | -īvae | -īvō | -īvīs | |||
| accusative | -īvum | -īvam | -īvum | -īvōs | -īvās | -īva | |
| ablative | -īvō | -īvā | -īvō | -īvīs | |||
| vocative | -īve | -īva | -īvum | -īvī | -īvae | -īva | |
Derived terms
Latin terms suffixed with -ivus