irreprehensus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From in- (“not, un-”) + reprehēnsus (participle of the verb reprehendō (“check, restrain; blame, rebuke”)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪr.rɛ.preˈ(ɦ)ẽː.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ir.re.preˈɛn.sus]
Adjective
irreprehēnsus (feminine irreprehēnsa, neuter irreprehēnsum); first/second-declension adjective
- (poetic) blameless, without blame
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.340:
- Ille per Aonias fama celeberrimus urbes
inreprehensa dabat populo responsa petenti- He, the most famous through the cities of Aonia,
gave blameless answers to the people who sought them
- He, the most famous through the cities of Aonia,
- Ille per Aonias fama celeberrimus urbes
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | irreprehēnsus | irreprehēnsa | irreprehēnsum | irreprehēnsī | irreprehēnsae | irreprehēnsa | |
| genitive | irreprehēnsī | irreprehēnsae | irreprehēnsī | irreprehēnsōrum | irreprehēnsārum | irreprehēnsōrum | |
| dative | irreprehēnsō | irreprehēnsae | irreprehēnsō | irreprehēnsīs | |||
| accusative | irreprehēnsum | irreprehēnsam | irreprehēnsum | irreprehēnsōs | irreprehēnsās | irreprehēnsa | |
| ablative | irreprehēnsō | irreprehēnsā | irreprehēnsō | irreprehēnsīs | |||
| vocative | irreprehēnse | irreprehēnsa | irreprehēnsum | irreprehēnsī | irreprehēnsae | irreprehēnsa | |
Related terms
References
- “irreprehensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press