The corpus record — Latin

passivus1

passivus1 · adj

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Where it lives

Ad Nationes 4 · 2.68/10k
Ad Uxorem 1 · 2.41/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 1 · 1.69/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
De Monogamia 1 · 1.43/10k
De Carne Christi 1 · 1.05/10k
De Pudicitia 1 · 0.74/10k
Metamorphoses 3 · 0.56/10k
Adversus Marcionem 2 · 0.24/10k

What it meant

1. passīvus — Lewis & Short

passīvus, a, um, adj.2. pando.

I Spread about, general, common, found everywhere (post-class.): nomen dei, applied to many, common, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 7: cupiditates, Firm. Math. 5, 1.—

II Promiscuous, confused: seminum passiva congeries, App. M. 6, p. 177, 14.—Hence,

B Subst.: passīvus, i, m., i. q. popularis: vagi Romanorum, quos passivos appellant, Aug. contr. Adamant. 24; so, populari, passivo, Schol. Juv. 8, 182.—Adv.: passīvē: crines per colla passive dispositi, dispersedly, App. M. 11 init.; Tert. adv. Psych. 2.

2. passīvus — Lewis & Short

passīvus, a, um, adj.patior,

I capable of feeling or suffering, passible, passive (post-class.): anima passiva et interibilis, Arn. 2, 65; App. de Deo Socr. p. 49.—

II In partic., in gram., passive: verbum passivum . . . quod habet naturam patiendi, Quint. 1, 6, 10: verba, Charis. 2; Diom. 1; Prisc. 8 et saep.—Adv.: pas-sīvē, passively, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.

In the wild

passivorum Tertullian, Adversus Valentinianos 5
passivum Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 1.20
passivam Pseudo-Tertullian, Ad Uxorem 1.2
passiva Tertullian, Ad Nationes 2.1
passivis Tertullian, Ad Nationes 2.1
passive Tertullian, De ieiunio adversus psychicos 2

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Where it came from

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