captiva

See also: captivà

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəpˈti.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəpˈti.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kapˈti.va]

Etymology 1

Noun

captiva f (plural captives)

1. female equivalent of captiu

Adjective

captiva

1. feminine singular of captiu

Etymology 2

Verb

captiva

1. inflection of captivar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Verb

captiva

1. third-person singular past historic of captiver

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kapˈtiː.wa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kapˈtiː.va]

Adjective

captīva

1. inflection of captīvus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

captīvā

1. ablative feminine singular of captīvus

Noun

captīva f (genitive captīvae, masculine captīvus); first declension

1. a (female) captive, prisoner, prisoner of war

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	captīva	captīvae
genitive	captīvae	captīvārum
dative	captīvae	captīvīs
accusative	captīvam	captīvās
ablative	captīvā	captīvīs
vocative	captīva	captīvae

References

• “captiva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “captiva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “captiva”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• каптива (captiva) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French captiver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kap.tiˈva/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: cap‧ti‧va

Verb

a captiva (third-person singular present captivează, past participle captivat) 1st conjugation

1. to captivate

Conjugation

    conjugation of captiva (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a captiva
gerund			captivând
past participle			captivat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	captivez	captivezi	captivează	captivăm	captivați	captivează
	imperfect	captivam	captivai	captiva	captivam	captivați	captivau
	simple perfect	captivai	captivași	captivă	captivarăm	captivarăți	captivară
	pluperfect	captivasem	captivaseși	captivase	captivaserăm	captivaserăți	captivaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să captivez	să captivezi	să captiveze	să captivăm	să captivați	să captiveze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		captivează			captivați
	negative		nu captiva			nu captivați

Related terms

• captiv

Further reading

• “captiva”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025