positive
positive
adj.
Peremptory: P. ἰσχυρός.
Exact: P. and V. ἀκρῑβής.
Positive proofs: P. ἀναμφισβήτητα τεκμήρια.
Obstinate: P. and V. αὐθά̆δης ; see obstinate.
Be positive, be confident: P. and V. πεπεῖσθαι (perf. pass. of πείθειν).
adj.
Peremptory: P. ἰσχυρός.
Exact: P. and V. ἀκρῑβής.
Positive proofs: P. ἀναμφισβήτητα τεκμήρια.
Obstinate: P. and V. αὐθά̆δης ; see obstinate.
Be positive, be confident: P. and V. πεπεῖσθαι (perf. pass. of πείθειν).
POSITIVE
verus (true real): certus (certain sure): in re positus (not nominal): re (opposed to verbo verbis; in fact not merely in report): pertinax in sententia sua tuenda (confident in assertion).
Affirmative not negative ajens (opposed to negans); affirmans (☞ affirmativus is late).
Receiving its binding force from enactment quod constitutione continetur (e.g. justum; opposed to quod natura continetur what is binding antecedently to or without enactment Quint. 7 4 5): a positive law lex scripta (opposed to lex nata): jus civile (opposed to jus naturale): positive religion *religio lege sancita: what is positive statio (opposed to natura Vitr. 1 2 5): constitutio (Quint. 7 4 5).
Positive degree (grammatical) positivus gradus or positivus only (Prisc.): in the positive absolutus (opposed to comparativus; e.g. utimur vulgo comparativis pro absolutis Quint. 9 3 19; conf. Gell. 5 21 13 in ea episto la scriptum est pluria sive plura absolutum esse sive simplex; non ut tibi videtur comparativum).
verus (true real): certus (certain sure): in re positus (not nominal): re (opposed to verbo verbis; in fact not merely in report): pertinax in sententia sua tuenda (confident in assertion).
Affirmative not negative ajens (opposed to negans); affirmans (☞ affirmativus is late).
Receiving its binding force from enactment quod constitutione continetur (e.g. justum; opposed to quod natura continetur what is binding antecedently to or without enactment Quint. 7 4 5): a positive law lex scripta (opposed to lex nata): jus civile (opposed to jus naturale): positive religion *religio lege sancita: what is positive statio (opposed to natura Vitr. 1 2 5): constitutio (Quint. 7 4 5).
Positive degree (grammatical) positivus gradus or positivus only (Prisc.): in the positive absolutus (opposed to comparativus; e.g. utimur vulgo comparativis pro absolutis Quint. 9 3 19; conf. Gell. 5 21 13 in ea episto la scriptum est pluria sive plura absolutum esse sive simplex; non ut tibi videtur comparativum).
positive:
I. Explicit, peremptory: perh. dīrectus (straightforward): cf. Liv. 21, 19, init., d. percunctatio et denuntiatio belli. Join: directum, simplex, Cic. R. Com. 4, 11. See alsoEXPLICIT .
II. Having certainty: certus, firmus: v.CERTAIN , SURE . Phr.: I cannot give any p. information about them, de iis haud facile compertum narraverim, Sall. Jug. 17. As tech. term in phil.: *positivus: p. philosophy, *philosophia positiva quam volunt, perhibent.
III. Opp. negative: affirmātīvus (late): Diom. (Cic. uses aiens, opp. negans: Top. 11, 49).
IV. Confident in assertion: expr. by affirmo, 1: not to be p. about anything, nihil af., Cic. Div. 2, 2, 8. A p. statement, affirmatio, id. Off. 3, 29, 104: v.POSITIVELY .
V. In grammar: pŏsĭtīvus: Prisc. 3, init. (The older term was absolutus; as epith. of substantives: e. g. abs. nomen, a noun in the p. degree, cf. Quint. 9, 3, 19; but positivus is required as gram. term only.)
I. Explicit, peremptory: perh. dīrectus (straightforward): cf. Liv. 21, 19, init., d. percunctatio et denuntiatio belli. Join: directum, simplex, Cic. R. Com. 4, 11. See also
II. Having certainty: certus, firmus: v.
III. Opp. negative: affirmātīvus (late): Diom. (Cic. uses aiens, opp. negans: Top. 11, 49).
IV. Confident in assertion: expr. by affirmo, 1: not to be p. about anything, nihil af., Cic. Div. 2, 2, 8. A p. statement, affirmatio, id. Off. 3, 29, 104: v.
V. In grammar: pŏsĭtīvus: Prisc. 3, init. (The older term was absolutus; as epith. of substantives: e. g. abs. nomen, a noun in the p. degree, cf. Quint. 9, 3, 19; but positivus is required as gram. term only.)