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Latin
Etymology
From or equivalent to abluō, ablūtus or ablūtiō + -īvus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ablūtīvus (feminine ablūtīva, neuter ablūtīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) ablutive
1736, Caietanus Corazza, Tractatus theologici-morales de sacramentis baptismi, ac poenitentiae , page 30:32. Objices I°. Omnis liquor ablutivus est apta materia baptismi: liquidem in baptismo significatur ablutio animæ à peccatis, sed non sola naturalis aqua est ablutiva, cum multi liquores ab aqua specie diversi sint maxime ablutivi, ergo non fola naturalis aqua est apta materia baptismi.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.