RELATIVE Copy link • RELATIVE 1. adj. (In grammar), relativus (e.g., pronomen, grammatical): quod ad alterum aliquid refertur: quod sibi aliud aliquid assumit (which implies and has reference to something else; opposed to quod simpliciter et ex sua vi consideratur, Cic., De Invent., 2, 33, 102). (In philosophical language), by circumlocution (☞ in this sense relativus and relative are not Latin); e.g., all these are relative ideas, with respect to length or shortness, omnia ista ut cuique data sunt pro rata parte, ita longa aut brevia nominantur (Cic., Tusc., 1, 39, 94). 2. s. Vid. RELATION, RELATED.