optivus

Latin

Etymology

Somehow from optō +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

optīvus (feminine optīva, neuter optīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (rare) chosen
    cognōmen optīvum ― assumed name

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative optīvus optīva optīvum optīvī optīvae optīva
genitive optīvī optīvae optīvī optīvōrum optīvārum optīvōrum
dative optīvō optīvae optīvō optīvīs
accusative optīvum optīvam optīvum optīvōs optīvās optīva
ablative optīvō optīvā optīvō optīvīs
vocative optīve optīva optīvum optīvī optīvae optīva

References

  • “optivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “optivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • optivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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