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Latin
Etymology
From recidō (“to fall back”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
recidīvus (feminine recidīva, neuter recidīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- returning, recurring, falling back
- (poetic) restored, renewed, rebuilt
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.343–344:
- “ Priamī tēcta alta manērent,
et recidīva manū posuissem Pergama victīs.”- “ Priam’s high halls would abide, and by my hand I would set up a restored Troy for the conquered .”
(Similarly, “recidiva Pergama” recurs at Aeneid 7.322 and 10.58.)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “recidivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “recidivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- recidivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.