recidivus

Latin

Etymology

From recidō (“to fall back”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

recidīvus (feminine recidīva, neuter recidīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. returning, recurring, falling back
  2. (poetic) restored, renewed, rebuilt
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.343–344:
      “[...] Priamī tēcta alta manērent,
      et recidīva manū posuissem Pergama victīs.”
      “[...] Priam’s high halls would abide, and by my [own] hand I would set up a restored Troy for the conquered [people].”
      (Similarly, “recidiva Pergama” recurs at Aeneid 7.322 and 10.58.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative recidīvus recidīva recidīvum recidīvī recidīvae recidīva
Genitive recidīvī recidīvae recidīvī recidīvōrum recidīvārum recidīvōrum
Dative recidīvō recidīvō recidīvīs
Accusative recidīvum recidīvam recidīvum recidīvōs recidīvās recidīva
Ablative recidīvō recidīvā recidīvō recidīvīs
Vocative recidīve recidīva recidīvum recidīvī recidīvae recidīva

Derived terms
  • recidīvātus

Descendants
  • English: recidivous
  • Portuguese: recidivo

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