effectivus
Latin
Etymology
From efficiō (“to produce”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ef.fekˈtiː.u̯us/, [ɛfːɛkˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ef.fekˈti.vus/, [efːekˈt̪iːvus]
Adjective
effectīvus (feminine effectīva, neuter effectīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- creative
- productive, effective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | effectīvus | effectīva | effectīvum | effectīvī | effectīvae | effectīva | |
| Genitive | effectīvī | effectīvae | effectīvī | effectīvōrum | effectīvārum | effectīvōrum | |
| Dative | effectīvō | effectīvō | effectīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | effectīvum | effectīvam | effectīvum | effectīvōs | effectīvās | effectīva | |
| Ablative | effectīvō | effectīvā | effectīvō | effectīvīs | |||
| Vocative | effectīve | effectīva | effectīvum | effectīvī | effectīvae | effectīva | |
Descendants
- → Catalan: efectiu
- → Dutch: effectief
- → English: effective
- → French: effectif
- → Galician: efectivo
- → Italian: effettivo
- → Piedmontese: efetiv
- → Portuguese: efetivo
- → Spanish: efectivo
References
- “effectivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- effectivus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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