demonstrativus

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Latin

Etymology

From dēmōnstrō (to show, demonstrate) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dēmōnstrātīvus (feminine dēmōnstrātīva, neuter dēmōnstrātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. designating
  2. demonstrative

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dēmōnstrātīvus dēmōnstrātīva dēmōnstrātīvum dēmōnstrātīvī dēmōnstrātīvae dēmōnstrātīva
Genitive dēmōnstrātīvī dēmōnstrātīvae dēmōnstrātīvī dēmōnstrātīvōrum dēmōnstrātīvārum dēmōnstrātīvōrum
Dative dēmōnstrātīvō dēmōnstrātīvō dēmōnstrātīvīs
Accusative dēmōnstrātīvum dēmōnstrātīvam dēmōnstrātīvum dēmōnstrātīvōs dēmōnstrātīvās dēmōnstrātīva
Ablative dēmōnstrātīvō dēmōnstrātīvā dēmōnstrātīvō dēmōnstrātīvīs
Vocative dēmōnstrātīve dēmōnstrātīva dēmōnstrātīvum dēmōnstrātīvī dēmōnstrātīvae dēmōnstrātīva

References

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