finitivus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

fīnītīvus, a, um, adj. [finio] (post-Aug.), rhet. and gram. t. t.

I In rhetoric, defining , explaining : status, Quint. 3, 6, 5; 26: causa, id. 7, 3, 26.—

II In gram.

A Modus, definite , i. e. the indicative , Diom. p. 328 P.—

B Final : litterae, Mart. Cap. 3, § 240: quaestio, id. 5, § 466.