invenustus

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ venustus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

invenustus (feminine invenusta, neuter invenustum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. unlovely, unattractive, homely, ugly
  2. unhappy in love
    • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 245:
      Adeōn hominem esse invenustum aut īnfēlīcem quemquam ut ego sum!
      Could any person be so unhappy in love or unlucky as I am!

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative invenustus invenusta invenustum invenustī invenustae invenusta
genitive invenustī invenustae invenustī invenustōrum invenustārum invenustōrum
dative invenustō invenustae invenustō invenustīs
accusative invenustum invenustam invenustum invenustōs invenustās invenusta
ablative invenustō invenustā invenustō invenustīs
vocative invenuste invenusta invenustum invenustī invenustae invenusta

References

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