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infinitivus

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Latin

Etymology

The adjective was formed by suffixation: īnfīnītus (boundless”, “unlimited”, “infinite”: “endless”; “countless”; grammar “indefinite”, "infinitive) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives); the noun is an elliptical use for modus īnfīnītīvus ([the] infinitive mood). The Latin is a rough translation of the Greek ἀπαρέμφατος, meaning "not indicated" or "not determined."

Pronunciation

Adjective

īnfīnītīvus (feminine īnfīnītīva, neuter īnfīnītīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. unlimited, indefinite
  2. (grammar) infinitive

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: infinitiv

Noun

īnfīnītīvus m (genitive īnfīnītīvī); second declension

  1. (grammar) the infinitive (mood or mode)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

References

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