improperium
Latin
Etymology
From improperō (“to reproach, insult”) + -ium.
Noun
improperium n (genitive improperiī or improperī); second declension
- taunt
- reproach
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | improperium | improperia |
| Genitive | improperiī improperī1 | improperiōrum |
| Dative | improperiō | improperiīs |
| Accusative | improperium | improperia |
| Ablative | improperiō | improperiīs |
| Vocative | improperium | improperia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “improperium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- improperium 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)
- improperium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette