importunus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From in- (“not”) + portus + -nus. From Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). From *per- (“to penetrate; to cross (water)”) + *-tus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪm.pɔrˈtuː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [im.porˈt̪uː.nus]
Adjective
importūnus (feminine importūna, neuter importūnum, comparative importūnior, superlative importūnissimus); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | importūnus | importūna | importūnum | importūnī | importūnae | importūna | |
| genitive | importūnī | importūnae | importūnī | importūnōrum | importūnārum | importūnōrum | |
| dative | importūnō | importūnae | importūnō | importūnīs | |||
| accusative | importūnum | importūnam | importūnum | importūnōs | importūnās | importūna | |
| ablative | importūnō | importūnā | importūnō | importūnīs | |||
| vocative | importūne | importūna | importūnum | importūnī | importūnae | importūna | |
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References
- “importunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “importunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "importunus", 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)
- importunus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.