incentivus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.kenˈtiː.u̯us/, [ɪŋkɛn̪ˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.t͡ʃenˈti.vus/, [in̠ʲt͡ʃen̪ˈt̪iːvus]
Adjective
incentīvus (feminine incentīva, neuter incentīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- that strikes up, sets the tune
- tibia, the treble flute (opp. succentive, that plays the accompaniment)
- superior ("incentiva vita pastorum", opp. "succentiva vita agricolarum")
- that provokes or incites
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | incentīvus | incentīva | incentīvum | incentīvī | incentīvae | incentīva | |
| Genitive | incentīvī | incentīvae | incentīvī | incentīvōrum | incentīvārum | incentīvōrum | |
| Dative | incentīvō | incentīvō | incentīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | incentīvum | incentīvam | incentīvum | incentīvōs | incentīvās | incentīva | |
| Ablative | incentīvō | incentīvā | incentīvō | incentīvīs | |||
| Vocative | incentīve | incentīva | incentīvum | incentīvī | incentīvae | incentīva | |
Coordinate terms
References
- “incentivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- incentivus 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)
- incentivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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