insectus
Latin
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of īnsecō (“cut up or into”).
Participle
īnsectus (feminine īnsecta, neuter īnsectum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | īnsectus | īnsecta | īnsectum | īnsectī | īnsectae | īnsecta | |
| genitive | īnsectī | īnsectae | īnsectī | īnsectōrum | īnsectārum | īnsectōrum | |
| dative | īnsectō | īnsectae | īnsectō | īnsectīs | |||
| accusative | īnsectum | īnsectam | īnsectum | īnsectōs | īnsectās | īnsecta | |
| ablative | īnsectō | īnsectā | īnsectō | īnsectīs | |||
| vocative | īnsecte | īnsecta | īnsectum | īnsectī | īnsectae | īnsecta | |
Etymology 2
From in (“without, not”) + sectus (“cut; cleaved, divided”).
Adjective
īnsectus (feminine īnsecta, neuter īnsectum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | īnsectus | īnsecta | īnsectum | īnsectī | īnsectae | īnsecta | |
| genitive | īnsectī | īnsectae | īnsectī | īnsectōrum | īnsectārum | īnsectōrum | |
| dative | īnsectō | īnsectae | īnsectō | īnsectīs | |||
| accusative | īnsectum | īnsectam | īnsectum | īnsectōs | īnsectās | īnsecta | |
| ablative | īnsectō | īnsectā | īnsectō | īnsectīs | |||
| vocative | īnsecte | īnsecta | īnsectum | īnsectī | īnsectae | īnsecta | |
Descendants
References
- “insectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/latin-english-dictionary.php?parola=insectus