adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
immodestus
immodestus (feminine immodesta, neuter immodestum, adverb immodestē)
Classical[ɪm.mɔˈdɛs.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[im.moˈdɛs.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiveunrestrained, excessive, shameless
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | immodestus | immodesta | immodestum |
| genitive | immodestī | immodestae | immodestī |
| dative | immodestō | immodestae | immodestō |
| accusative | immodestum | immodestam | immodestum |
| ablative | immodestō | immodestā | immodestō |
| vocative | immodeste | immodesta | immodestum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | immodestī | immodestae | immodesta |
| genitive | immodestōrum | immodestārum | immodestōrum |
| dative | immodestīs | immodestīs | immodestīs |
| accusative | immodestōs | immodestās | immodesta |
| ablative | immodestīs | immodestīs | immodestīs |
| vocative | immodestī | immodestae | immodesta |
immŏdestus (inm-), a, um, adj. inmodestus,
I. unrestrained, excessive, extravagant, immoderate (rare but class.; syn. immoderatus): in vino. Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 7:
mores, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 44: largitione effundere, Sen. Contr. 1, 1: fautores histrionum, Tac. A. 13, 28: genus jocandi non profusum nec immodestum, * Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103.—Advv.: immŏdestē. A. Immoderately, extravagantly, impudently:
amare, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 25: gloriari (with immodice), Liv. 22, 27, 2: immodeste atque intemperanter facere multa, Quint. 5, 7, 32: postulare missionem, Suet. Aug. 24.— Comp.: procedere, Sen. Q. N. 1, 17.—B. Unjustly:
tum me hoc indecore, inmodeste datis di, Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 9. Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
immodestus (in-m-) adj.,
unrestrained, excessive, shameless: in vino, T.: genus iocandi.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinimmodestus
Latin modestus Latin immodestus From in- (“un-”) + modestus (“modest, restrained”).