invitatorius

Latin

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Etymology

From invītō +‎ -tōrius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.wiː.taːˈtoː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱ.vi.taˈtɔː.ri.us]

Adjective

invītātōrius (feminine invītātōria, neuter invītātōrium); first/second-declension adjective (post-classical)

1. inviting
   • c. 160 CE – c. 225 CE, Tertullian, De anima 57:

     Quid ergo dicemus magiam? Quod omnes pene: fallaciam. Sed ratio fallaciae solos non fugit Christianos, qui spiritalia nequitiae, non quidem socia conscientia, sed inimica scientia novimus, nec invitatoria operatione, sed expugnatoria dominatione tractamus; multiformem luem mentis humanae, totius erroris artificem, salutis pariter animaeque vastatricem scientiam magiae, secundae scilicet idololatriae, in qua se daemones perinde mortuos fingunt, quemadmodum in illa deos.

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   • 4th century, Jerome, Letters 14.1:

     Quoniam igitur et tu ipse abiens postularas, ut tibi, postquam ad deserta migrassem, invitatoriam a me scriptam transmitterem, et ego facturum receperam, invito, iam propera.

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2. invitatory, of or pertaining to an invitation

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	invītātōrius	invītātōria	invītātōrium		invītātōriī	invītātōriae	invītātōria
genitive	invītātōriī	invītātōriae	invītātōriī		invītātōriōrum	invītātōriārum	invītātōriōrum
dative	invītātōriō	invītātōriae	invītātōriō		invītātōriīs
accusative	invītātōrium	invītātōriam	invītātōrium		invītātōriōs	invītātōriās	invītātōria
ablative	invītātōriō	invītātōriā	invītātōriō		invītātōriīs
vocative	invītātōrie	invītātōria	invītātōrium		invītātōriī	invītātōriae	invītātōria

Descendants

• English: invitatory
• Old French: invitatoire

Further reading

• “invitatorius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.