adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
imbellis
imbellis (neuter imbelle)
Classical[ɪmˈbɛl.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[imˈbɛl.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationunwarlike
‘cūr tibi prō Libycīs clauduntur rēte leaenīs imbellēs capreae sollicitusque lepus?’ nōn sibi, respondit, silvās cessisse, sed hortōs
“Why, to [honor] you, instead of Libyan lionesses, are unwarlike roe deer (or female goats) and the timid hare being trapped in the net?” Forests were not granted to her, she replied, but the gardens and fields, [which are] not to be approached by aggressive beasts. (The poet asks Flora (mythology) why the Floralia featured certain animals.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 5.371–374 - two terminationpeaceful, pacifist
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ad bellum inūtilisimbellis -e — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 3
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | imbellis | imbellis | imbelle inbelle |
| genitive | imbellis | imbellis | imbellis |
| dative | imbellī inbellī | imbellī inbellī | imbellī inbellī |
| accusative | imbellem inbellem | imbellem inbellem | imbelle inbelle |
| ablative | imbellī inbellī | imbellī inbellī | imbellī inbellī |
| vocative | imbellis | imbellis | imbelle inbelle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | imbellēs inbellēs | imbellēs inbellēs | imbellia inbellia |
| genitive | imbellium inbellium | imbellium inbellium | imbellium inbellium |
| dative | imbellibus inbellibus | imbellibus inbellibus | imbellibus inbellibus |
| accusative | imbellīs imbellēs, inbellēs | imbellīs imbellēs, inbellēs | imbellia inbellia |
| ablative | imbellibus inbellibus | imbellibus inbellibus | imbellibus inbellibus |
| vocative | imbellēs inbellēs | imbellēs inbellēs | imbellia inbellia |
imbellis (inb-), e, adj. id.,
I. unwarlike, unfit for war; peaceful, fond of peace (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: imbecillis, debilis).
I. Of living beings:
ut imbelles timidique videamur, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83: ignavi et imbelles, Liv. 26, 2, 11: timidi et imbelles, Quint. 12, 5, 2: ipse acer, bellicosus; at is, quem petebat, quietus, imbellis, placido ingenio, etc., Sall. J. 20, 2: strenui et imbelles inulti obtruncari, id. ib. 67, 2: pro viro forti contra imbellem, Quint. 3, 7, 19: turba (i. e. non-combatants, women and children), Liv. 32, 13, 14; cf.: feminae puerique et alia imbellis turba, id. 38, 21, 14: imbellis et pastoralis manus, Vell. 1, 8, 5: caesorum major numerus et imbellior, Tac. H. 4, 33: juventa, Hor. C. 3, 2, 15: cervi, Verg. G. 3, 265; cf. columba, Hor. C. 4, 4, 31: dei, i. e. Venus and Amor, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 20: maxime Caesar, qui nunc victor ... Inbellem avertis Romanis arcibus Indum, i. e. deprived of warlike spirit by defeat, Verg. G. 2, 172.—II. Of inanim. and abstr. things: itaque videas rebus injustis justos maxime dolere, imbellibus fortes, Cic. Lael. 13, 47:
sic fatus senior, telumque imbelle sine ictu Conjecit, weak, powerless, Verg. A. 2, 544; cf. lacerti, Ov. M. 13, 109: Tarentum, peaceful, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 45: Asia, Liv. 9, 19, 10: nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse atque imbellem, id. 21, 16, 3: cithara, Hor. C. 1, 15, 15; cf. lyra, id. ib. 1, 6, 10: plectrum, Ov. M. 5, 114: carmen, Stat. Th. 10, 874: oliva, Val. Fl. 5, 362: fretum, calm, tranquil, Stat. S. 3, 5, 84; cf. id. Th. 3, 255. —Of time: tamen ne prorsus inbellem agerent annum, Liv. 10, 1, 4 (cf.: ferme bellis otium fuit, § 1): triennium, id. 4, 20, 9: permultos annos imbelles agere, id. 9, 45, 10.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
imbellis (inb-) e, adj.
2 in+bellum, unwarlike, unfit for war, peaceful, fond of peace: videri: turba, non-combatants, L.: columba, H.: Indus, i. e. subdued, V.: rebus iniustis iustos maxime dolere, imbellibus fortīs: telum, powerless, V.: lacerti, O.: Tarentum, quiet, H.: cithara, H.: plectrum, O.: annus, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin imbellis From bellum + in- -is.
Descendants
- Italianimbelle
- Portugueseimbele
- Spanishimbele