sativus
Latin
Etymology
sat- (the perfect passive participle stem of serō, “I sow or plant”) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [saˈtiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [saˈt̪iː.vus]
Adjective
satīvus (feminine satīva, neuter satīvum); first/second-declension adjective
Usage notes
In New Latin, within taxonomic binomial nomenclature, sativus (sativa, sativum) is a specific epithet in many genera of plants, denoting a species that is cultivated (as opposed to wild), being domesticated for agriculture (for example, Allium sativum, Avena sativa, Cannabis sativa); for more information see sativum.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | satīvus | satīva | satīvum | satīvī | satīvae | satīva | |
| genitive | satīvī | satīvae | satīvī | satīvōrum | satīvārum | satīvōrum | |
| dative | satīvō | satīvae | satīvō | satīvīs | |||
| accusative | satīvum | satīvam | satīvum | satīvōs | satīvās | satīva | |
| ablative | satīvō | satīvā | satīvō | satīvīs | |||
| vocative | satīve | satīva | satīvum | satīvī | satīvae | satīva | |
Descendants
References
- “sativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.