allectivus

== Latin == === Etymology === allegō (“I select”, perfect passive participial stem: allect-) +‎ -īvus (“related to doing”, suffix forming adjectives) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [al.leːkˈtiː.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [al.lekˈtiː.vus] === Adjective === allēctīvus (feminine allēctīva, neuter allēctīvum); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin) synonym of illecebrōsus (“that allures or entices”) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== English: allective Middle French: allectif === References === "allectivus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) allectiuus in Ramminger, Johann (10 March 2026 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016