Achivus

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Latin

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Pronunciation

Adjective

Achīvus (feminine Achīva, neuter Achīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to Achaea (A region in southern Greece)
  2. (less commonly) of or pertaining to Greece as a whole
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.45:
      “Aut hoc inclūsī lignō occultantur Achīvī .”
      “Either the Grecian , having enclosed in this wood, are hiding .” – Laocoön

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative Achīvus Achīva Achīvum Achīvī Achīvae Achīva
genitive Achīvī Achīvae Achīvī Achīvōrum Achīvārum Achīvōrum
dative Achīvō Achīvae Achīvō Achīvīs
accusative Achīvum Achīvam Achīvum Achīvōs Achīvās Achīva
ablative Achīvō Achīvā Achīvō Achīvīs
vocative Achīve Achīva Achīvum Achīvī Achīvae Achīva

Descendants

  • Italian: achivo
  • Portuguese: aquivo
  • Spanish: aquivo

References

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