imbecillus
Latin
Alternative forms
- imbēcillis
Etymology
For *imbeccillus, from in- + bacillus, as if "without support, feeble".
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /im.beːˈkil.lus/, [ɪm.beːˈkɪl.lʊs]
Adjective
imbēcillus (feminine imbēcilla, neuter imbēcillum, comparative imbēcillior); first/second-declension adjective
- weak, feeble
- Synonym: dēbilis
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | imbēcillus | imbēcilla | imbēcillum | imbēcillī | imbēcillae | imbēcilla | |
| Genitive | imbēcillī | imbēcillae | imbēcillī | imbēcillōrum | imbēcillārum | imbēcillōrum | |
| Dative | imbēcillō | imbēcillō | imbēcillīs | ||||
| Accusative | imbēcillum | imbēcillam | imbēcillum | imbēcillōs | imbēcillās | imbēcilla | |
| Ablative | imbēcillō | imbēcillā | imbēcillō | imbēcillīs | |||
| Vocative | imbēcille | imbēcilla | imbēcillum | imbēcillī | imbēcillae | imbēcilla | |
Descendants
- Catalan: imbècil
- → English: imbecile
- French: imbécile
- Italian: imbecille
- Portuguese: imbecil
- Spanish: imbécil
References
- imbecillus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- imbecillus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- imbecillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag