imperativus
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.
Noun
imperativus m (plural imperativi or imperativussen, diminutive imperativusje n)
- (grammar) the imperative mood or a word therein
Synonyms
Latin
Alternative forms
- inperātīvus
Etymology
From imperō (“to command, order”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪm.pɛ.raːˈtiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [im.pe.raˈt̪iː.vus]
Adjective
imperātīvus (feminine imperātīva, neuter imperātīvum, adverb imperātīvē); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or proceeding from a command, commanded.
- (grammar) imperative
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | imperātīvus | imperātīva | imperātīvum | imperātīvī | imperātīvae | imperātīva | |
| genitive | imperātīvī | imperātīvae | imperātīvī | imperātīvōrum | imperātīvārum | imperātīvōrum | |
| dative | imperātīvō | imperātīvae | imperātīvō | imperātīvīs | |||
| accusative | imperātīvum | imperātīvam | imperātīvum | imperātīvōs | imperātīvās | imperātīva | |
| ablative | imperātīvō | imperātīvā | imperātīvō | imperātīvīs | |||
| vocative | imperātīve | imperātīva | imperātīvum | imperātīvī | imperātīvae | imperātīva | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: imperatiu
- English: imperative
- French: impératif
- Galician: imperativo
- Italian: imperativo
- Portuguese: imperativo
- Romanian: imperativ
- Spanish: imperativo
References
- “imperativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- imperativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.