offensivus

Latin

Etymology

From offendō +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔf.fẽːˈsiː.wʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [of.fenˈsiː.vus]

Adjective

offēnsīvus (feminine offēnsīva, neuter offēnsīvum); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. striking or hitting
2. of assault or attack
3. offending, harming, insulting
4. unpleasant

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	offēnsīvus	offēnsīva	offēnsīvum		offēnsīvī	offēnsīvae	offēnsīva
genitive	offēnsīvī	offēnsīvae	offēnsīvī		offēnsīvōrum	offēnsīvārum	offēnsīvōrum
dative	offēnsīvō	offēnsīvae	offēnsīvō		offēnsīvīs
accusative	offēnsīvum	offēnsīvam	offēnsīvum		offēnsīvōs	offēnsīvās	offēnsīva
ablative	offēnsīvō	offēnsīvā	offēnsīvō		offēnsīvīs
vocative	offēnsīve	offēnsīva	offēnsīvum		offēnsīvī	offēnsīvae	offēnsīva

Descendants

• → Danish: offensiv
• → English: offensive
• → French: offensif
• → German: offensiv
• → Italian: offensivo
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: offensiv
• → Portuguese: ofensivo
• → Romanian: ofensiv
• → Spanish: ofensivo
• → Swedish: offensiv

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “offensivus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• offensivus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016