ingratus
Latin
Etymology
From in- (“not”) + grātus (“pleasing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪŋˈɡraː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iŋˈɡraː.t̪us]
Adjective
ingrātus (feminine ingrāta, neuter ingrātum, superlative ingrātissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- unpleasant, disagreeable
- Antonyms: peramoenus, iūcundus, commodus
- thankless
- ungrateful
- fruitless, unsuccessful, sterile.
- Synonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus, gratuitus, irritus, infelix
- Antonyms: opportūnus, commodus, habilis, idōneus, conveniēns, ūtilis, ūtēnsilis, aptus, salūber
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ingrātus | ingrāta | ingrātum | ingrātī | ingrātae | ingrāta | |
| genitive | ingrātī | ingrātae | ingrātī | ingrātōrum | ingrātārum | ingrātōrum | |
| dative | ingrātō | ingrātae | ingrātō | ingrātīs | |||
| accusative | ingrātum | ingrātam | ingrātum | ingrātōs | ingrātās | ingrāta | |
| ablative | ingrātō | ingrātā | ingrātō | ingrātīs | |||
| vocative | ingrāte | ingrāta | ingrātum | ingrātī | ingrātae | ingrāta | |
Descendants
References
- “ingratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ingratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "ingratus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ingratus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- ingratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- gratitude: gratus (opp. ingratus) animus
- a good harvest: messis opīma (opp. ingrata)
- gratitude: gratus (opp. ingratus) animus
- “ingratus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ingratus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin