defectivus

Latin

Adjective

dēfectīvus (feminine dēfectīva, neuter dēfectīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) imperfect, defective
2. (Late Latin, grammar) Of names, those that are missing from certain cases.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēfectivus	dēfectiva	dēfectivum		dēfectivī	dēfectivae	dēfectiva
Genitive	dēfectivī	dēfectivae	dēfectivī		dēfectivōrum	dēfectivārum	dēfectivōrum
Dative	dēfectivō		dēfectivō		dēfectivīs
Accusative	dēfectivum	dēfectivam	dēfectivum		dēfectivōs	dēfectivās	dēfectiva
Ablative	dēfectivō	dēfectivā	dēfectivō		dēfectivīs
Vocative	dēfective	dēfectiva	dēfectivum		dēfectivī	dēfectivae	dēfectiva

Related terms

• dēfectus
• dēfector
• dēficiō

References

• “defectivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• defectivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.