-ivus

See also: Ivuš

Latin

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *-iHwós, an extended form of *-wós. Cognate with Ancient Greek -εῖος (-eîos) (whence also some Latin forms in -ēus).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.u̯us/, [ˈiːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.vus/, [ˈiːvus]

Suffix

-īvus (feminine -īva, neuter -īvum); first/second-declension suffix

1. Adjective suffix.

   Added to the perfect passive participial stem of verbs, forming a deverbal adjective meaning “doing” or “related to doing”

   agō → āctus → āctīvus

   stō → status → statīvus

   Less frequently, added to the root or present stem of a verb

   cadō → cadīvus

   noceō → nocīvus

   Less frequently added to a noun stem

   fēstum → fēstīvus

   fūrtum → fūrtīvus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-īvus	-īva	-īvum		-īvī	-īvae	-īva
genitive	-īvī	-īvae	-īvī		-īvōrum	-īvārum	-īvōrum
dative	-īvō	-īvae	-īvō		-īvīs
accusative	-īvum	-īvam	-īvum		-īvōs	-īvās	-īva
ablative	-īvō	-īvā	-īvō		-īvīs
vocative	-īve	-īva	-īvum		-īvī	-īvae	-īva

Derived terms

• -īvius

Latin terms suffixed with -ivus

Descendants

• Catalan: -iu
• Italian: -ivo, -io
• Old French: -if
  • → Middle English: -yf, -if, -yfe, -ife, -yve, -ive, -ef, -y, -i, -ye, -ie, -e
    • English: -ive, -iff, -y
  • Middle French: -if
    • French: -if
      • → Dutch: -ief
        • Afrikaans: -ief
        • → Indonesian: -if
      • → German: -iv
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: -iv
      • → Turkish: -if
• Portuguese: -io, → -ivo
• Romanian: -iv, -iu
• Sicilian: -ivu, -ìu
• Spanish: -ivo