imbellis

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bellum +‎ in- -is.

Pronunciation

Adjective

imbellis (neuter imbelle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. unwarlike
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.371–374:
      ‘cūr tibi prō Libycīs clauduntur rēte leaenīs
      imbellēs capreae sollicitusque lepus?’
      nōn sibi, respondit, silvās cessisse, sed hortōs
      arvaque pugnācī nōn adeunda ferae.
      “Why, to [honor] you, instead of Libyan lionesses, are unwarlike roe deer (or female goats) and the timid hare being trapped in the net?” Forests were not granted to her, she replied, but the gardens and fields, [which are] not to be approached by aggressive beasts.
      (The poet asks Flora (mythology) why the Floralia featured certain animals.)
  2. peaceful, pacifist

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative imbellis imbelle imbellēs imbellia
genitive imbellis imbellium
dative imbellī imbellibus
accusative imbellem imbelle imbellēs
imbellīs 		imbellia
ablative imbellī imbellibus
vocative imbellis imbelle imbellēs imbellia

Descendants

  • Italian: imbelle
  • Portuguese: imbele
  • Spanish: imbele

References

  • “imbellis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “imbellis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • imbellis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • imbellis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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