allectivus

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Latin

Etymology

allegō (“I select”, perfect passive participial stem: allect-) +‎ -īvus (“related to doing”, suffix forming adjectives)

Pronunciation

Adjective

allēctīvus (feminine allēctīva, neuter allēctīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Medieval Latin) Synonym of illecebrōsus (“that allures or entices”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative allēctīvus allēctīva allēctīvum allēctīvī allēctīvae allēctīva
genitive allēctīvī allēctīvae allēctīvī allēctīvōrum allēctīvārum allēctīvōrum
dative allēctīvō allēctīvae allēctīvō allēctīvīs
accusative allēctīvum allēctīvam allēctīvum allēctīvōs allēctīvās allēctīva
ablative allēctīvō allēctīvā allēctīvō allēctīvīs
vocative allēctīve allēctīva allēctīvum allēctīvī allēctīvae allēctīva

Descendants

  • English: allective
  • Middle French: allectif

References

  • allectivus 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)
  • allectiuus in Ramminger, Johann (2024 December 26 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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