positivus

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

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.