Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From efficiō (“to produce”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛf.fɛkˈtiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ef.fekˈtiː.vus]
Adjective
effectīvus (feminine effectīva, neuter effectīvum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | effectīvus | effectīva | effectīvum | effectīvī | effectīvae | effectīva | |
| genitive | effectīvī | effectīvae | effectīvī | effectīvōrum | effectīvārum | effectīvōrum | |
| dative | effectīvō | effectīvae | effectīvō | effectīvīs | |||
| accusative | effectīvum | effectīvam | effectīvum | effectīvōs | effectīvās | effectīva | |
| ablative | effectīvō | effectīvā | effectīvō | effectīvīs | |||
| vocative | effectīve | effectīva | effectīvum | effectīvī | effectīvae | effectīva | |
Descendants
References
- “effectivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "effectivus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “effectivus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.