insincerus
Latin
Etymology
in- + sincērus (“clean, sincere”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.sinˈkeː.rus/, [ĩːs̠ɪŋˈkeːrʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.sinˈt͡ʃe.rus/, [insin̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛːrus]
Adjective
īnsincērus (feminine īnsincēra, neuter īnsincērum); first/second-declension adjective
- not pure, spoiled, corrupted
- not honest, not candid, insincere
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | īnsincērus | īnsincēra | īnsincērum | īnsincērī | īnsincērae | īnsincēra | |
| Genitive | īnsincērī | īnsincērae | īnsincērī | īnsincērōrum | īnsincērārum | īnsincērōrum | |
| Dative | īnsincērō | īnsincērō | īnsincērīs | ||||
| Accusative | īnsincērum | īnsincēram | īnsincērum | īnsincērōs | īnsincērās | īnsincēra | |
| Ablative | īnsincērō | īnsincērā | īnsincērō | īnsincērīs | |||
| Vocative | īnsincēre | īnsincēra | īnsincērum | īnsincērī | īnsincērae | īnsincēra | |
References
- insincerus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- insincerus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers