affirmativus

== Latin == === Etymology === From affirmō (“to affirm”) +‎ -īvus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [af.fɪr.maːˈtiː.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [af.fir.maˈtiː.vus] === Adjective === affirmātīvus (feminine affirmātīva, neuter affirmātīvum); first/second-declension adjective affirming, affirmative ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “affirmativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “affirmativus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.