sativus
Latin
Etymology
sat- (the perfect passive participle stem of serō, “I sow or plant”) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /saˈtiː.u̯us/, [s̠äˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /saˈti.vus/, [säˈt̪iːvus]
Usage notes
In New Latin, within taxonomic binomial nomenclature, sativus (sativa, sativum) is a specific epithet in many genera of plants, denoting a species that is cultivated (as opposed to wild), being domesticated for agriculture (for example, Allium sativum, Avena sativa, Cannabis sativa); for more information see sativum.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | satīvus | satīva | satīvum | satīvī | satīvae | satīva | |
| Genitive | satīvī | satīvae | satīvī | satīvōrum | satīvārum | satīvōrum | |
| Dative | satīvō | satīvō | satīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | satīvum | satīvam | satīvum | satīvōs | satīvās | satīva | |
| Ablative | satīvō | satīvā | satīvō | satīvīs | |||
| Vocative | satīve | satīva | satīvum | satīvī | satīvae | satīva | |
Descendants
References
- “sativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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