captivus

Latin

Etymology

From captus (“to capture”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kapˈtiː.wus/, [kapˈtiː.wʊs]

Noun

captīvus m (genitive captīvī); second declension

  1. a captive, a prisoner

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative captīvus captīvī
Genitive captīvī captīvōrum
Dative captīvō captīvīs
Accusative captīvum captīvōs
Ablative captīvō captīvīs
Vocative captīve captīvī

Adjective

captīvus (feminine captīva, neuter captīvum); first/second declension

  1. captive
  2. captured
  3. imprisoned

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative captīvus captīva captīvum captīvī captīvae captīva
Genitive captīvī captīvae captīvī captīvōrum captīvārum captīvōrum
Dative captīvō captīvae captīvō captīvīs captīvīs captīvīs
Accusative captīvum captīvam captīvum captīvōs captīvās captīva
Ablative captīvō captīvā captīvō captīvīs captīvīs captīvīs
Vocative captīve captīva captīvum captīvī captīvae captīva

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • captivus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • captivus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • captivus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • captivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to exchange prisoners: captivos permutare, commutare
    • to ransom prisoners: captivos redimere (Off. 2. 18)
    • to restore prisoners without ransom: captivos sine pretio reddere
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