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Latin
Etymology
Somehow from optō + -īvus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
optīvus (feminine optīva, neuter optīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- (rare) chosen
- cognōmen optīvum ― assumed name
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “optivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “optivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- optivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.