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|lshtext=<b>passīvus</b>: a, um, adj. [[patior]],<br /><b>I</b> [[capable]] of [[feeling]] or [[suffering]], passible, [[passive]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): [[anima]] passiva et [[interibilis]], Arn. 2, 65; App. de Deo Socr. p. 49.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., in gram., [[passive]]: [[verbum]] passivum . . . [[quod]] habet naturam patiendi, Quint. 1, 6, 10: verba, [[Charis]]. 2; Diom. 1; Prisc. 8 et saep.—Adv.: pas-sīvē, [[passively]], Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.<br /><b>passīvus</b>: a, um, adj. 2. [[pando]].<br /><b>I</b> Spread [[about]], [[general]], [[common]], [[found]] [[everywhere]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): [[nomen]] dei, applied to [[many]], [[common]], Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 7: cupiditates, Firm. Math. 5, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Promiscuous, [[confused]]: seminum passiva [[congeries]], App. M. 6, p. 177, 14.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Subst.: passīvus, i, m., i. q. [[popularis]]: vagi Romanorum, quos passivos appellant, Aug. contr. Adamant. 24; so, populari, passivo, Schol. Juv. 8, 182.—Adv.: passīvē: crines per colla [[passive]] dispositi, dispersedly, App. M. 11 init.; Tert. adv. Psych. 2.