votivus
Latin
Etymology
From voveō (“to vow”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [woːˈtiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [voˈt̪iː.vus]
Adjective
vōtīvus (feminine vōtīva, neuter vōtīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to a vow; promised by a vow, given in consequence of a vow; vowed, votive.
- Desired, longed or wished for.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | vōtīvus | vōtīva | vōtīvum | vōtīvī | vōtīvae | vōtīva | |
| genitive | vōtīvī | vōtīvae | vōtīvī | vōtīvōrum | vōtīvārum | vōtīvōrum | |
| dative | vōtīvō | vōtīvae | vōtīvō | vōtīvīs | |||
| accusative | vōtīvum | vōtīvam | vōtīvum | vōtīvōs | vōtīvās | vōtīva | |
| ablative | vōtīvō | vōtīvā | vōtīvō | vōtīvīs | |||
| vocative | vōtīve | vōtīva | vōtīvum | vōtīvī | vōtīvae | vōtīva | |
Derived terms
- vōtīvitās
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “votivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “votivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "votivus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- votivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.