recessivus

Latin

Etymology

From recēdō + -īvus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

recessīvus (feminine recessīva, neuter recessīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (New Latin) tending to recede
    • 1727, Juan de Aliaga, Quaest. Commentariae in 1. 2. D. Thomae Angel. Magist. atque Ecclesiae Doctoris etc., volume 2, page 189:
      non debet absolutè concedi esse causam per se recessus, aversionis, & elongationis à summa bonitate Dei, nisi hæc omnia materialitèr, & concretivè accipiantur [] ut finem ultimum dictis nominibus significata, denominatur motus aversivus, recessivus, &c.
      It should not be absolutely admitted as the cause in itself of receding, withdrawing, distancing from the sovereign goodness of God, unless all these are taken materially and concretely [] as the ultimate end signified by the names mentioned it is termed aversive, recessive, etc., motion.
  2. (New Latin) recessive (genetics)
    • 1946, Genetica Agraria, volume 1, page 359:
      sibi proponit studium sub aspectu bio-chemico actionis duorum allelium recessivorum
      He proposes the bio-chemical study of the action of two recessive alleles

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative recessīvus recessīva recessīvum recessīvī recessīvae recessīva
Genitive recessīvī recessīvae recessīvī recessīvōrum recessīvārum recessīvōrum
Dative recessīvō recessīvō recessīvīs
Accusative recessīvum recessīvam recessīvum recessīvōs recessīvās recessīva
Ablative recessīvō recessīvā recessīvō recessīvīs
Vocative recessīve recessīva recessīvum recessīvī recessīvae recessīva

Descendants

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