incuriosus
Latin
Etymology
From incūria (“carelessness, negligence”) + -ōsus (“full of”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪŋ.kuː.riˈoː.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iŋ.ku.riˈɔː.s̬us]
Adjective
incūriōsus (feminine incūriōsa, neuter incūriōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- (usually with genitive or ablative) careless, negligent
- (usually with genitive or ablative) indifferent, unconcerned
- (in a passive sense) not made or done with care
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | incūriōsus | incūriōsa | incūriōsum | incūriōsī | incūriōsae | incūriōsa | |
| genitive | incūriōsī | incūriōsae | incūriōsī | incūriōsōrum | incūriōsārum | incūriōsōrum | |
| dative | incūriōsō | incūriōsae | incūriōsō | incūriōsīs | |||
| accusative | incūriōsum | incūriōsam | incūriōsum | incūriōsōs | incūriōsās | incūriōsa | |
| ablative | incūriōsō | incūriōsā | incūriōsō | incūriōsīs | |||
| vocative | incūriōse | incūriōsa | incūriōsum | incūriōsī | incūriōsae | incūriōsa | |
Synonyms
- (careless, negligent): indīligēns, neglegēns
- (indifferent, unconcerned): neglegēns
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “careless, negligent”): dīligēns, industrius, nāvus
- (antonym(s) of “indifferent, unconcerned”): appetēns, avidus, cupiēns, cupidus, hiulcus
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Italian: incurioso
References
- “incuriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incuriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- incuriosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- incuriosus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016