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-ivus
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Ivuš
Latin
Etymology
la -ive :der ine-pro:<alt:*-iHwós><ety:from<*-wós<id:adjectival suffix>>> suffix
From the la ine-pro *-iHwós, an extended form of ine-pro *-wós. Cognate with grc -εῖος (whence also some Latin forms in la -ēus 1).
Pronunciation
īvus
Suffix
-īvus
Adjective suffix.
Added to the perfect passive participial stem of verbs, forming a deverbal adjective meaning “doing” or “related to doing”
la agō<alt:āctus> āctīvus
la stō<alt:status> statīvus
Less frequently, added to the root or present stem of a verb
la cadō cadīvus
la noceō nocīvus
Less frequently added to a noun stem
la fēstum fēstīvus
la fūrtum fūrtīvus
Declension
-īvus
Derived terms
la -īvius
la
Descendants
ca -iu
it -io -ivo
fro -if
pt -io -ivo<lbor>
ro -iv -iu
scn -ivu -ìu
1 ast -ivu
1 es -ivo