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Latin
Etymology
From stō (“to stand”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
statīvus (feminine statīva, neuter statīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- stationary (standing still)
- permanent (especially of a military camp)
- Synonyms: stabilis, fīxus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “stativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stativus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- stativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a permanent camp: castra stativa (Sall. Iug. 44)