tentativus

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Latin

Alternative forms

temptātīvus

Etymology

From tentō (“I try”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ten.taːˈtiː.u̯us/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ten.taˈti.vus/,

Adjective

tentātīvus (feminine tentātīva, neuter tentātīvum, adverb tentātīvē); first/second-declension adjective

(Medieval Latin) tentative

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
Nominative	tentātīvus	tentātīva	tentātīvum		tentātīvī	tentātīvae	tentātīva
Genitive	tentātīvī	tentātīvae	tentātīvī		tentātīvōrum	tentātīvārum	tentātīvōrum
Dative	tentātīvō	tentātīvae	tentātīvō		tentātīvīs
Accusative	tentātīvum	tentātīvam	tentātīvum		tentātīvōs	tentātīvās	tentātīva
Ablative	tentātīvō	tentātīvā	tentātīvō		tentātīvīs
Vocative	tentātīve	tentātīva	tentātīvum		tentātīvī	tentātīvae	tentātīva

Descendants

→ English: tentative
→ French: tentatif
→ German: tentativ
→ Italian: tentativo
→ Spanish: tentativo

References

R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “temptativus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

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