inofficiosus
Latin
Etymology
From in- (“not”) + officiōsus (“dutiful, obliging, attentive”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪ.nɔf.fɪ.kiˈoː.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.nof.fi.t͡ʃiˈɔː.s̬us]
Adjective
inofficiōsus (feminine inofficiōsa, neuter inofficiōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- undutiful, inofficious
- in general:
- not observant of his duty, undutiful
- (of a thing) contrary to one’s duty
- testāmentum inofficiōsum
- a will in which nothing is left to, or which adversely affects, one’s nearest relatives, children, etc.
- not observant of his duty, undutiful
- (in particular) not obliging, disobliging
- in general:
- (Medieval Latin, of a charter or deed) null and void
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | inofficiōsus | inofficiōsa | inofficiōsum | inofficiōsī | inofficiōsae | inofficiōsa | |
| genitive | inofficiōsī | inofficiōsae | inofficiōsī | inofficiōsōrum | inofficiōsārum | inofficiōsōrum | |
| dative | inofficiōsō | inofficiōsae | inofficiōsō | inofficiōsīs | |||
| accusative | inofficiōsum | inofficiōsam | inofficiōsum | inofficiōsōs | inofficiōsās | inofficiōsa | |
| ablative | inofficiōsō | inofficiōsā | inofficiōsō | inofficiōsīs | |||
| vocative | inofficiōse | inofficiōsa | inofficiōsum | inofficiōsī | inofficiōsae | inofficiōsa | |
Derived terms
- inofficiōsitās
Related terms
Descendants
- English: inofficious
- French: inofficieux
References
- “ĭnoffĭcĭōsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inofficiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "inofficiosus", 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)
- ĭnoffĭcĭōsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 824/3.
- Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 540/2, “inofficiosus”