LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

impavidus

impavidus (feminine impavida, neuter impavidum)
Classical[ɪmˈpa.wɪ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[imˈpaː.vi.dus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivefearless, undaunted, intrepid

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Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeimpavidusimpavidaimpavidum
genitiveimpavidīimpavidaeimpavidī
dativeimpavidōimpavidaeimpavidō
accusativeimpavidumimpavidamimpavidum
ablativeimpavidōimpavidāimpavidō
vocativeimpavideimpavidaimpavidum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeimpavidīimpavidaeimpavida
genitiveimpavidōrumimpavidārumimpavidōrum
dativeimpavidīsimpavidīsimpavidīs
accusativeimpavidōsimpavidāsimpavida
ablativeimpavidīsimpavidīsimpavidīs
vocativeimpavidīimpavidaeimpavida

impăvĭdus (inp-), a, um, adj. 2. inpavidus,
I. fearless, undaunted, intrepid (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic. or Cæs.): ludere pendentes pueros et lambere matrem Impavidos, Verg. A. 8, 633: si fractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae, Hor. C. 3, 3, 7: Teucer et Sthenelus, id. ib. 1, 15, 23: Gradivus, Ov. M. 14, 820: infantes, Plin. 28, 19, 78, § 258; 2, 81, 83, § 196: leo, Verg. A. 12, 8: lepus, Ov. M. 15, 100: pectora, Liv. 21, 30, 2: equi, id. 37, 20, 11: gens ingenio, id. 42, 59, 2; Curt. 9, 6, 24: soni, Ov. F. 2, 840.—Adv.: impăvĭdē, fearlessly, intrepidly: exhausto poculo, Liv. 39, 50, 8; 30, 15, 8.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinimpavidus

Latin pavidus Latin impavidus From in- + pavidus.

Descendants
  • Catalanimpàvid
  • Englishimpavid
  • Frenchimpavide
  • Italianimpavido
  • Portugueseimpávido
  • Spanishimpávido

Quick answers

What does impavidus mean in Latin?
impavidus, a adjective, means “fearless, undaunted, intrepid”.
How do you pronounce impavidus?
In classical Latin, [ɪmˈpa.wɪ.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [imˈpaː.vi.dus].
Where does impavidus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin impavidus.