festivus
See also: Festivus
Latin
Etymology
From fēstus (“of or pertaining to feasts”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /feːsˈtiː.wus/, [feːsˈtiː.wʊs]
Adjective
fēstīvus (feminine fēstīva, neuter fēstīvum); first/second declension
- lively, festive, joyous, gay, merry
- agreeable, pleasing; handsome, pretty
- (of character) jovial, agreeable
- (of speech) humorous, witty, lively
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | fēstīvus | fēstīva | fēstīvum | fēstīvī | fēstīvae | fēstīva | |
| Genitive | fēstīvī | fēstīvae | fēstīvī | fēstīvōrum | fēstīvārum | fēstīvōrum | |
| Dative | fēstīvō | fēstīvō | fēstīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | fēstīvum | fēstīvam | fēstīvum | fēstīvōs | fēstīvās | fēstīva | |
| Ablative | fēstīvō | fēstīvā | fēstīvō | fēstīvīs | |||
| Vocative | fēstīve | fēstīva | fēstīvum | fēstīvī | fēstīvae | fēstīva | |
Derived terms
- fēstīvālis
- fēstīvē
- fēstīvitās
- fēstīviter
- fēstīvum
Related terms
- fēstum
- fēstus
Descendants
- Emilian: festîv
- English: festive
- French: festif
- Galician: festivo
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: festivu
- Istriot: fisteîvo
- Italian: festivo
- Mirandese: festibo
- Piedmontese: festiv
- Portuguese: festivo
- Spanish: festivo
References
- festivus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- festivus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- festivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette