insipiens

Latin

Etymology

in- +‎ sapiēns with regular vowel weakening a→i.

Pronunciation

Adjective

īnsipiēns (genitive īnsipientis, adverb īnsipienter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. foolish, unwise, senseless
    Synonyms: fatuus, stupidus, stultus, brūtus, āmēns, dēmēns
    Antonyms: callidus, prūdēns, sapiēns, sollers

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative īnsipiēns īnsipientēs īnsipientia
genitive īnsipientis īnsipientium
dative īnsipientī īnsipientibus
accusative īnsipientem īnsipiēns īnsipientēs īnsipientia
ablative īnsipientī īnsipientibus
vocative īnsipiēns īnsipientēs īnsipientia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: insipient
  • → Italian: insipiente

References

  • “insipiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “insipiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insipiens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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