productivus

Latin

Etymology

prōdūcō (“I lead forth”, “I prolong”, perfect passive participial stem: prōduct-) +‎ -īvus

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /proː.dukˈtiː.wus/, [proː.dʊkˈtiː.wʊs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.dukˈti.vus/, [pro.dukˈtiː.vus]

Adjective

prōductīvus (feminine prōductīva, neuter prōductīvum); first/second declension

  1. (of words) fit for prolongation or lengthening
    • Cassiod., Hist. Eccl. 1.14
  2. (Late Latin, grammar) productive
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Lactantius Placidus to this entry?)

Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative prōductīvus prōductīva prōductīvum prōductīvī prōductīvae prōductīva
Genitive prōductīvī prōductīvae prōductīvī prōductīvōrum prōductīvārum prōductīvōrum
Dative prōductīvō prōductīvae prōductīvō prōductīvīs prōductīvīs prōductīvīs
Accusative prōductīvum prōductīvam prōductīvum prōductīvōs prōductīvās prōductīva
Ablative prōductīvō prōductīvā prōductīvō prōductīvīs prōductīvīs prōductīvīs
Vocative prōductīve prōductīva prōductīvum prōductīvī prōductīvae prōductīva

Derived terms
  • prōductīvitās

Descendants

References
  • prōductīvus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • prōductīvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,246/3
  • “productívitas” in Leo F. Stelten, editor (1995) Dictionary of ecclesiastical Latin: with an appendix of Latin expressions defined and clarified, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers
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