innumerus
Latin
Etymology
From in- + numerus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈnu.me.rus/, [ɪnˈnʊmɛrʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈnu.me.rus/, [inˈnuːmerus]
Adjective
innumerus (feminine innumera, neuter innumerum); first/second-declension adjective
- countless, innumerable, numberless
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.360:
- innumerī circā stantque silentque virī.
- And innumerable men stand round [the king], and they are silent.
- innumerī circā stantque silentque virī.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | innumerus | innumera | innumerum | innumerī | innumerae | innumera | |
| Genitive | innumerī | innumerae | innumerī | innumerōrum | innumerārum | innumerōrum | |
| Dative | innumerō | innumerō | innumerīs | ||||
| Accusative | innumerum | innumeram | innumerum | innumerōs | innumerās | innumera | |
| Ablative | innumerō | innumerā | innumerō | innumerīs | |||
| Vocative | innumere | innumera | innumerum | innumerī | innumerae | innumera | |
Descendants
- Catalan: innúmer
- Galician: innúmero
- Italian: innumere
- Portuguese: inúmero
- Spanish: innúmero
References
- “innumerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “innumerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- innumerus 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)
- innumerus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette