stativus

Latin

Etymology

From stō (“to stand”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /staˈtiː.u̯us/, [s̠t̪äˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /staˈti.vus/, [st̪äˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

statīvus (feminine statīva, neuter statīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. stationary (standing still)
2. permanent (especially of a military camp)

   Synonyms: stabilis, fīxus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	statīvus	statīva	statīvum		statīvī	statīvae	statīva
Genitive	statīvī	statīvae	statīvī		statīvōrum	statīvārum	statīvōrum
Dative	statīvō		statīvō		statīvīs
Accusative	statīvum	statīvam	statīvum		statīvōs	statīvās	statīva
Ablative	statīvō	statīvā	statīvō		statīvīs
Vocative	statīve	statīva	statīvum		statīvī	statīvae	statīva

References

• “stativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “stativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stativus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• stativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a permanent camp: castra stativa (Sall. Iug. 44)