immotus

Latin

Etymology

in- +‎ mōtus

Pronunciation

Adjective

immōtus (feminine immōta, neuter immōtum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. immovable, motionless
  2. (figuratively) unmoved, unshaken, undisturbed, immovable, firm, fixed, secure, steadfast
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.448–449:
      [...] et magnō persentit pectore cūrās, / mēns immōta manet; lacrimae volvuntur inānēs.
      [Aeneas compared to an oak tree in the wind:] and [although] he feels troubled in his heart with the worst distress, his purpose remains steadfast; the tears are falling in vain.
      (The “lacrimae inanes” may be those of Dido, Anna, or even Aeneas himself, emotionally “shaken” — like the tree — yet stoically firm in his resolve.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative immōtus immōta immōtum immōtī immōtae immōta
genitive immōtī immōtae immōtī immōtōrum immōtārum immōtōrum
dative immōtō immōtae immōtō immōtīs
accusative immōtum immōtam immōtum immōtōs immōtās immōta
ablative immōtō immōtā immōtō immōtīs
vocative immōte immōta immōtum immōtī immōtae immōta

Descendants

  • Italian: immoto
  • Portuguese: imoto
  • Sicilian: mmotu
  • Spanish: inmoto

References

  • “immotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “immotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • immotus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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