inquietus

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ quiētus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

inquiētus (feminine inquiēta, neuter inquiētum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. restless
    • 397 CE – 400 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Cōnfessiōnēs 1.1:
      Tū excitās ut laudāre tē dēlectet, quia fēcistī nōs ad tē et inquiētum est cor nostrum dōnec requiēscat in tē.
      You rouse so that he [man] delights to praise you, because you have made us towards you and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
  2. unquiet

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative inquiētus inquiēta inquiētum inquiētī inquiētae inquiēta
genitive inquiētī inquiētae inquiētī inquiētōrum inquiētārum inquiētōrum
dative inquiētō inquiētae inquiētō inquiētīs
accusative inquiētum inquiētam inquiētum inquiētōs inquiētās inquiēta
ablative inquiētō inquiētā inquiētō inquiētīs
vocative inquiēte inquiēta inquiētum inquiētī inquiētae inquiēta

Descendants

  • French: inquiet, inquiète
  • Romanian: încet

References

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