infensus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Formed as if the perfect passive participle of a (not necessarily extant) verb *īnfendō, from in- *fendō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike”). Compare dēfēnsus from dēfendō. Contrast īnfestus, which is unrelated .
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /inˈfen.sus/, [ĩːˈfẽːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈfen.sus/, [iɱˈfɛnsus]
Adjective
[edit]īnfēnsus (feminine īnfēnsa, neuter īnfēnsum); first/second-declension adjective
- hostile, inimical, aggressive
- Synonyms: hostīlis, inimīcus, inīquus, īnfestus, adversus, dīversus, āversus, oblīquus
- Antonyms: affābilis, amīcābilis, facilis, benevolēns
- enraged
- dangerous
- Synonyms: anceps, perīculōsus, dubius, capitālis
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | īnfēnsus | īnfēnsa | īnfēnsum | īnfēnsī | īnfēnsae | īnfēnsa | |
Genitive | īnfēnsī | īnfēnsae | īnfēnsī | īnfēnsōrum | īnfēnsārum | īnfēnsōrum | |
Dative | īnfēnsō | īnfēnsō | īnfēnsīs | ||||
Accusative | īnfēnsum | īnfēnsam | īnfēnsum | īnfēnsōs | īnfēnsās | īnfēnsa | |
Ablative | īnfēnsō | īnfēnsā | īnfēnsō | īnfēnsīs | |||
Vocative | īnfēnse | īnfēnsa | īnfēnsum | īnfēnsī | īnfēnsae | īnfēnsa |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “infensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “infensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- infensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.