importunus

Latin

Alternative forms

inportūnus

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What suffix?”)From in- (“not”) +‎ portus. From Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). From *per- (“to penetrate; to cross (water)”) +‎ *-tus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /im.porˈtuː.nus/, [ɪmpɔrˈt̪uːnʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.porˈtu.nus/, [imporˈt̪uːnus]

Adjective

importūnus (feminine importūna, neuter importūnum, comparative importūnior, superlative importūnissimus); first/second-declension adjective

inconvenient, unsuitable
annoying
rude

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	importūnus	importūna	importūnum	importūnī	importūnae	importūna
Genitive	importūnī	importūnae	importūnī	importūnōrum	importūnārum	importūnōrum
Dative	importūnō	importūnae	importūnō	importūnīs
Accusative	importūnum	importūnam	importūnum	importūnōs	importūnās	importūna
Ablative	importūnō	importūnā	importūnō	importūnīs
Vocative	importūne	importūna	importūnum	importūnī	importūnae	importūna

Antonyms

opportūnus

Derived terms

importūnitās

Descendants

Catalan: importú
French: importun
- Romanian: importun
→ Galician: importuno
Italian: importuno
→ Portuguese: importuno
Spanish: importuno

References

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