insulsus
Latin
Etymology
From in- (“not”) + salsus (“salted, witty”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈsul.sus/, [ĩːˈsʊɫ.sʊs]
Adjective
īnsulsus (feminine īnsulsa, neuter īnsulsum); first/second declension
- unsalted, flavorless
- (figuratively) bungling, awkward
- (figuratively) insipid, tasteless, absurd
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | īnsulsus | īnsulsa | īnsulsum | īnsulsī | īnsulsae | īnsulsa | |
| Genitive | īnsulsī | īnsulsae | īnsulsī | īnsulsōrum | īnsulsārum | īnsulsōrum | |
| Dative | īnsulsō | īnsulsō | īnsulsīs | ||||
| Accusative | īnsulsum | īnsulsam | īnsulsum | īnsulsōs | īnsulsās | īnsulsa | |
| Ablative | īnsulsō | īnsulsā | īnsulsō | īnsulsīs | |||
| Vocative | īnsulse | īnsulsa | īnsulsum | īnsulsī | īnsulsae | īnsulsa | |
Derived terms
- īnsulsae
- īnsulsē
- īnsulsitās
Descendants
- Italian: insulso
- Portuguese: insosso, insonso, insulso
- Spanish: insulso, soso
References
- insulsus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- insulsus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insulsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette