precativus

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Latin

Etymology

From precor.

Adjective

precātīvus (feminine precātīva, neuter precātīvum, adverb precātīvē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Late Latin) prayed for, requested by means of a prayer or request
    • 1829, Franciscus Bopp, Grammatica critica linguae sanscritae, Berlin, p.141, §.295:
      Quinque sunt modi: Indicativus, Potentialis, Imperativus, Precativus et Conditionalis.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative precātīvus precātīva precātīvum precātīvī precātīvae precātīva
Genitive precātīvī precātīvae precātīvī precātīvōrum precātīvārum precātīvōrum
Dative precātīvō precātīvō precātīvīs
Accusative precātīvum precātīvam precātīvum precātīvōs precātīvās precātīva
Ablative precātīvō precātīvā precātīvō precātīvīs
Vocative precātīve precātīva precātīvum precātīvī precātīvae precātīva

Descendants

  • English: precative

Noun

precātīvus m (genitive precātīvī); second declension

  1. (New Latin, grammar) precative

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative precātīvus precātīvī
Genitive precātīvī precātīvōrum
Dative precātīvō precātīvīs
Accusative precātīvum precātīvōs
Ablative precātīvō precātīvīs
Vocative precātīve precātīvī

References

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