comprehensivus
Latin
Etymology
From comprehendō (“to seize, apprehend; perceivem observe”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kom.pre.henˈsiː.wus/, [kɔm.prɛ.hẽːˈsiː.wʊs]
Adjective
comprehensīvus (feminine comprehensīva, neuter comprehensīvum); first/second declension
- comprehensible, perceivable, conceivable, graspable
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | comprehensīvus | comprehensīva | comprehensīvum | comprehensīvī | comprehensīvae | comprehensīva | |
| Genitive | comprehensīvī | comprehensīvae | comprehensīvī | comprehensīvōrum | comprehensīvārum | comprehensīvōrum | |
| Dative | comprehensīvō | comprehensīvō | comprehensīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | comprehensīvum | comprehensīvam | comprehensīvum | comprehensīvōs | comprehensīvās | comprehensīva | |
| Ablative | comprehensīvō | comprehensīvā | comprehensīvō | comprehensīvīs | |||
| Vocative | comprehensīve | comprehensīva | comprehensīvum | comprehensīvī | comprehensīvae | comprehensīva | |
Synonyms
- (conceivable): comprehensibilis
Related terms
- comprehendō
- comprehensibilis
- comprehensiō
- comprehensō
Descendants
- English: comprehensive
- French: compréhensif
- Italian: comprensivo
- Portuguese: compreensivo
- Spanish: comprehensivo
References
- comprehensivus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- comprehensivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette