votivus

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Latin

Etymology

From voveō (“to vow”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vōtīvus (feminine vōtīva, neuter vōtīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a vow; promised by a vow, given in consequence of a vow; vowed, votive.
  2. Desired, longed or wished for.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative vōtīvus vōtīva vōtīvum vōtīvī vōtīvae vōtīva
Genitive vōtīvī vōtīvae vōtīvī vōtīvōrum vōtīvārum vōtīvōrum
Dative vōtīvō vōtīvō vōtīvīs
Accusative vōtīvum vōtīvam vōtīvum vōtīvōs vōtīvās vōtīva
Ablative vōtīvō vōtīvā vōtīvō vōtīvīs
Vocative vōtīve vōtīva vōtīvum vōtīvī vōtīvae vōtīva

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: votive
  • French: votif
  • Italian: votivo
  • Piedmontese: vutiv
  • Portuguese: votivo
  • Spanish: votivo

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.
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