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votivus
votivus
Latin
Adjective
vōtīvus m (feminine vōtīva, neuter vōtīvum); first/second declension
- Of or pertaining to a vow; promised by a vow, given in consequence of a vow; vowed, votive.
- Desired, longed or wished for.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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
- vōtīvitās
Related 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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “votivus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.