Achivus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • achīvus (alternative case form)

Pronunciation

Adjective

Achīvus (feminine Achīva, neuter Achīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to Achaea (A region in southern Greece)
  2. (less commonly) of or pertaining to Greece as a whole
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.45:
      “Aut hoc inclūsī lignō occultantur Achīvī [...].”
      “Either the Grecian [warriors], having enclosed [themselves] in this wood[en horse], are hiding [there] [...].” – Laocoön

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Achīvus Achīva Achīvum Achīvī Achīvae Achīva
Genitive Achīvī Achīvae Achīvī Achīvōrum Achīvārum Achīvōrum
Dative Achīvō Achīvō Achīvīs
Accusative Achīvum Achīvam Achīvum Achīvōs Achīvās Achīva
Ablative Achīvō Achīvā Achīvō Achīvīs
Vocative Achīve Achīva Achīvum Achīvī Achīvae Achīva

Descendants
  • Italian: achivo
  • Portuguese: aquivo
  • Spanish: aquivo

References
  • “Achivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Achivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Achivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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