incuriosus
Latin
Etymology
From in (“without, not”) + cūriōsus (“careful, diligent; curious”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.kuː.riˈoː.sus/, [ɪŋkuːriˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.ku.riˈo.sus/, [iŋkuriˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective
incūriōsus (feminine incūriōsa, neuter incūriōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- (usually with genitive or ablative) careless, negligent
- (usually with genitive or ablative) indifferent, unconcerned
- (in a passive sense) not made or done with care
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | incūriōsus | incūriōsa | incūriōsum | incūriōsī | incūriōsae | incūriōsa | |
| Genitive | incūriōsī | incūriōsae | incūriōsī | incūriōsōrum | incūriōsārum | incūriōsōrum | |
| Dative | incūriōsō | incūriōsō | incūriōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | incūriōsum | incūriōsam | incūriōsum | incūriōsōs | incūriōsās | incūriōsa | |
| Ablative | incūriōsō | incūriōsā | incūriōsō | incūriōsīs | |||
| Vocative | incūriōse | incūriōsa | incūriōsum | incūriōsī | incūriōsae | incūriōsa | |
Synonyms
- (careless, negligent): indīligēns, neglegēns
- (indifferent, unconcerned): neglegēns
Antonyms
- (careless, negligent): dīligēns, industrius, nāvus
- (indifferent, unconcerned): appetēns, avidus, cupiēns, cupidus, hiulcus
Derived terms
- incūriōsē
Related terms
- cūriōsus
Descendants
- Italian: incurioso
References
- “incuriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incuriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- incuriosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- incuriosus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016