optivus

== Latin == === Etymology === Somehow from optō +‎ -īvus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔpˈtiː.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [opˈtiː.vus] === Adjective === optīvus (feminine optīva, neuter optīvum); first/second-declension adjective (rare) chosen cognōmen optīvum ― assumed name ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “optivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “optivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “optivus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.