invectivus

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Latin

Etymology

From invectus +‎ -īvus.

Adjective

invectīvus (feminine invectīva, neuter invectīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. reviling

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative invectīvus invectīva invectīvum invectīvī invectīvae invectīva
Genitive invectīvī invectīvae invectīvī invectīvōrum invectīvārum invectīvōrum
Dative invectīvō invectīvō invectīvīs
Accusative invectīvum invectīvam invectīvum invectīvōs invectīvās invectīva
Ablative invectīvō invectīvā invectīvō invectīvīs
Vocative invectīve invectīva invectīvum invectīvī invectīvae invectīva

Descendants

  • French: invective (learned)

Further reading

  • invectivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • invectivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.