The corpus record — Latin

finitivus

finitivus · adj

defining

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Where it lives

Institutio Oratoria 2 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

fīnītīvus — Lewis & Short

fīnītīvus, a, um, adj.finio (post-Aug.), rhet. and gram. t. t.

I In rhetoric, defining, explaining: status, Quint. 3, 6, 5; 26: causa, id. 7, 3, 26.—

II In gram.

A Modus, definite, i. e. the indicative, Diom. p. 328 P.—

B Final: litterae, Mart. Cap. 3, § 240: quaestio, id. 5, § 466.

In the wild

finitiuus Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 12.2.19
finitivus Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 3.6.102

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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