ballivus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French and Middle English baillif (“bailiff”), themselves from (vulgar) Latin *baiulivus (“castellan”), from baiulus (“carrier; carrier-on, manager”)

Noun

ballīvus m (genitive ballīvī); second declension

(Medieval Latin, historical) a bailiff, in its medieval senses

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ballīvus	ballīvī
genitive	ballīvī	ballīvōrum
dative	ballīvō	ballīvīs
accusative	ballīvum	ballīvōs
ablative	ballīvō	ballīvīs
vocative	ballīve	ballīvī

References

ballivus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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