additivus

Forms

additīvus (feminine additīva, neuter additīvum); first/second-declension adjective^[1][2]

Etymology

It is formed from Latin addō (“to add”) + -īvus, on the stem of the past participle additus.^[3][4] Georges gives the Greek grammatical term it renders as Ancient Greek ἐπιταγματικός (epitagmatikós).^[2]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its only record is in Priscian (6th century AD), who says that the pronoun ipse is called additivum or appositivum, the term Apollonius had used in Greek.^[3][1][4]

Semantic evolution

It stayed a technical term of grammar, meaning “that is added” and describing a pronoun used beside a noun.^[1][2][5][6]

Timeline

• 6th century AD – Priscian calls the pronoun ipse additivum.^[3][4]

Meanings

Adjective

1. (Late Latin, grammar) Added, annexed; of a pronoun such as ipse used in apposition.^[1][2][3]

Related words

• addō
• adiectīvus

References

1. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
2. ^ a b c d Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
3. ^ a b c d Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier