votivus

== Latin == === Etymology === From voveō (“to vow”) + īvus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [woːˈtiː.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [voˈtiː.vus] === Adjective === vōtīvus (feminine vōtīva, neuter vōtīvum); first/second-declension adjective Of or pertaining to a vow; promised by a vow, given in consequence of a vow; vowed, votive. Desired, longed or wished for. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== vōtīvitās ==== Related terms ==== vōtifer vōtum vōtus voveō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “votivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “votivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "votivus", 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) “votivus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.