pŏsĭtīvus, a, um, adj. [pono], positive, in gram.
I Settled by arbitrary appointment or agreement (opp. to natural): nomina non positiva esse sed naturalia, Gell. 10, 4 in lemm. —
II Positivum nomen.
1 An adjective in the positive degree , Cledon. p. 1893 P.—
2 A substantive , Macr. S. 1, 4, 9.