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  • festivus, festiva -um, festivior -or -us, festivissimus -a -um:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = feast/festive (day); excellent/fine; jovial, genial; lively (speech), witty;

    Entry →
    voc. sg. (m.)
  • festive, festivius, festivissime:

    Adverb

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = festively, with feasting; delightfully, neatly; amusingly, humorously, wittily;

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Examples

  • T

    Pseudolus

    Titus Maccius Plautus

    "...munditiis dis dignis, itaque in loco festivo sumus festive accepti. quid opust me multas agere ambages..."
  • A

    Capitula

    Aulus Gellius

    "...formidines capiendis imperitorum animis ostentante. XI. Quam festive responderit Xanthippae uxori Socrates petenti, ut per Dionysia largiore sumptu..."
  • A

    Liber VIII

    Aulus Gellius

    "...formidines capiendis imperitorum animis ostentante. XI. Quam festive responderit Xanthippae uxori Socrates petenti, ut per Dionysia largiore sumptu..."
  • A

    Liber I

    Aulus Gellius

    "...paucorum" tantum "dierum" appellandae sunt? "belli" autem "ferias" festive magis dixit quam aperte atque definite. Graeci autem significantius..."
  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber XII

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...Haedina tibi pelle contegenti Nudae tempora verticemque calvae, Festive tibi, Phoebe, dixit ille, Qui dixit caput esse calceatum..."

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