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Latin
Etymology
From voveō (“to vow”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vōtīvus (feminine vōtīva, neuter vōtīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to a vow; promised by a vow, given in consequence of a vow; vowed, votive.
- Desired, longed or wished for.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “votivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “votivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- votivus 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)
- votivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.