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The corpus record — Latin

genetivus

genetivus · adj

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Where it lives

  • Divus Augustus 2 · 1.49/10k
  • Noctes Atticae 6 · 0.54/10k
  • Institutio Oratoria 6 · 0.35/10k
  • Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

gĕnĕtīvus — Lewis & Short

gĕnĕtīvus (not gĕnĭtīvus; cf. Lachm. ad a, um, adj.genitus, from gigno,

Lucr. II. p. 15 sq.),
I of or belonging to generation or birth.
I In gen. (rare; not in Cic.): Apollinis Genetivi ara, the generator, fertilizer, Cato ap. Macr. S. 3, 6; for which: Phoebi Genitoris ad aras, Val. Fl. 5, 404: forma prior rediit genetivaque rursus imago, native, original nature, Ov. M. 3, 331: dispersis per pectus genetivis notis, birth-marks, Suet. Aug. 80: nomina, i. e. belonging to a family or gens, Ov. P. 3, 2, 107.—
II In partic., in gram., genetivus (genit-) casus, the genitive case (in Varr. L. L. called patricius casus): si ut Maecenas Suffenas. Asprenas dicerentur, genetivo casu non e littera, sed tis syllaba terminarentur, Quint. 1, 5, 62; 1, 6, 14; Suet. Aug. 87 et saep.; and with equal frequency subst.: gĕnĕtīvus, i, m., the genitive, Quint. 1, 5, 63; 1, 6, 14; Gell. 4, 16, 3 et saep.

In the wild

6 of 15 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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

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