nuncupativus

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Latin

Etymology

From nū̆ncupō (to name, call by name) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

The length of the vowel in the first syllable is uncertain: see nū̆ncupō.

Adjective

nū̆ncupātīvus (feminine nū̆ncupātīva, neuter nū̆ncupātīvum, adverb nū̆ncupātīvē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. nominal, so-called

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • nuncupativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nuncupativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “nūncupativus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 724/2