captiva

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See also: captivà

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

captiva f (plural captives)

  1. female equivalent of captiu

Adjective

captiva

  1. feminine singular of captiu

Etymology 2

Verb

captiva

  1. inflection of captivar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

French

Verb

captiva

  1. third-person singular past historic of captiver

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

captīva

  1. inflection of captīvus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

captīvā

  1. ablative feminine singular of captīvus

Noun

captīva f (genitive captīvae, masculine captīvus); first declension

  1. a (female) captive, prisoner, prisoner of war

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative captīva captīvae
genitive captīvae captīvārum
dative captīvae captīvīs
accusative captīvam captīvās
ablative captīvā captīvīs
vocative captīva captīvae

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French captiver.

Verb

a captiva (third-person singular present captivează, past participle captivat) 1st conjugation

  1. to captivate

Conjugation