adoptivus
Latin > English
adoptivus adoptiva, adoptivum ADJ :: adoptive, obtained by adoption; formed by grafting
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ădoptīvus: a, um, adj. adopto,
I pertaining to adoption, made or acquired by adoption, adoptive: filius, an adopted son: P. Scipio, Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 19 (opp. naturalis, a son by birth): filiorum neque naturalem Drusum neque adoptivum Germanicum patria caritate dilexit, Suet. Tib. 52: pater adoptivus, who has adopted one as son (or grandson, v. adoptio), an adoptive father, Dig. 45, 1, 107: frater, soror, etc., a brother, sister, etc., by adoption, not by birth, ib. 23, 2, 12, and 38, 8, 3; so also, familia, the family into which one has been received by adoption, ib. 37, 4, 3: adoptiva sacra, of the family into which one has been adopled (opp. paterna): neque amissis sacris paternis in haec adoptiva venisti, Cic. Dom. 13, 35: nomen, received by adoption (opp. nomen gentile), Suet. Ner. 41: nobilitas, nobility acquired by adoption, Ov. F. 4, 22.—Transf., of the ingrafting of plants (cf. adoptio): fissaque adoptivas accipit arbor opes, bears fruits not natural to it, ingrafted, Ov. Med. Fac. 5; Mart. 13, 46: quae sit adoptivis arbor onusta comis, Pall. de Insit. 20; cf. 144, 160 (cf. Verg. G. 2, 82: Miraturque (arbos) novas frondes et non sua poma).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ădoptīvus,¹³ a, um, adoptif, qui est adopté : Gell. 5, 19, 16 ; Tac. Ann. 13, 14 ; Suet. Tib. 52 || qui adopte : Sen. Ben. 3, 32, 5 ; sacra adoptiva Cic. Domo 35, le culte de la famille adoptive || [au fig. en parl. de fruits obtenus par greffe] : Ov. Ars 2, 652 ; Mart. 13, 46, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
adoptīvus, a, um (adopto), a) zur Adoption gehörig, wobei Adoption stattgefunden, Adoptiv-, filius, Scipio Aemil, bei Gell. 5, 19, 16 u. Suet.: pater, frater, soror (Ggstz. naturalis, rechte, leibliche), ICt.: familia, die Familie, in die jmd. durch Adoption aufgenommen worden ist, ICt.: sacra, derjenigen Familie, in die jmd. adoptiert worden ist, Cic.: nomen, durch Adoption angenommen (Ggstz. gentile), Suet. – subst., adoptīvus, ī. m. (sc. filius), der Adoptivsohn, Oros. 5, 15. § 3 Z. – b) übtr., v. Früchten, eingepfropft, Ov. u. Pallad.
