privativus

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

prīvātīvus, a, um, adj. [privo],

denoting privation; in gram., privative , negative (post-class. for privans): ne particula privativa est, Gell. 13, 22; cf.: pars, quam Graeci κατὰ στέρησιν dicunt, id. 5, 12, 10. —Hence, adv.: prīvātīvē , negatively , Boëth. Analyt. Prior. 1, p. 483.