genetivus

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

genitīvus

Etymology edit

From genitus, the perfect passive participial stem of gignō (“to be born”), + -īvus (verbal adjective–forming suffix), with the vowel i changed to e. In the grammatical sense, possibly a calque of Ancient Greek γενῐκή (genikḗ).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡe.neˈtiː.u̯us/, [ɡɛnɛˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.neˈti.vus/, [d͡ʒeneˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective edit

genetīvus (feminine genetīva, neuter genetīvum); first/second-declension adjective

of or related to the act of generation or birth: productive, creative, causal
Synonyms: prōductīvus, creātīvus, causālis (all as in Late Latin)
native
belonging to a family or gens

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	genetīvus	genetīva	genetīvum	genetīvī	genetīvae	genetīva
Genitive	genetīvī	genetīvae	genetīvī	genetīvōrum	genetīvārum	genetīvōrum
Dative	genetīvō	genetīvae	genetīvō	genetīvīs
Accusative	genetīvum	genetīvam	genetīvum	genetīvōs	genetīvās	genetīva
Ablative	genetīvō	genetīvā	genetīvō	genetīvīs
Vocative	genetīve	genetīva	genetīvum	genetīvī	genetīvae	genetīva

Noun edit

genetīvus m (genitive genetīvī); second declension

(grammar) genitive

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	genetīvus	genetīvī
Genitive	genetīvī	genetīvōrum
Dative	genetīvō	genetīvīs
Accusative	genetīvum	genetīvōs
Ablative	genetīvō	genetīvīs
Vocative	genetīve	genetīvī

Descendants edit

→ Finnish: genetiivi
→ Dutch: genitivus, (calque) teler, baarder

References edit

“genetivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“genetivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
genetivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.