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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.