destructivus

== Latin == === Etymology === From dēstruō (“to destroy, demolish”) + īvus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːs.truːkˈtiː.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [des.trukˈtiː.vus] === Adjective === dēstrūctīvus (feminine dēstrūctīva, neuter dēstrūctīvum); first/second-declension adjective destructive ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: destructiu French: destructif Galician: destrutivo Italian: distruttivo Portuguese: destrutivo Spanish: destructivo === References === “destructivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “destructivus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.