adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
imprōmptus
imprōmptus (feminine imprōmpta, neuter imprōmptum)
Classical[ɪmˈproːmp.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[imˈprɔmp.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiverareunready, hesitating
Quia infacundior sit et linguā impromptus;
27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 7.4.5inprompto iam Arminio ob continua pericula,
c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 2.21
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | imprōmptus | imprōmpta inprōmpta | imprōmptum inprōmptum |
| genitive | imprōmptī inprōmptī | imprōmptae inprōmptae | imprōmptī inprōmptī |
| dative | imprōmptō inprōmptō | imprōmptae inprōmptae | imprōmptō inprōmptō |
| accusative | imprōmptum inprōmptum | imprōmptam inprōmptam | imprōmptum inprōmptum |
| ablative | imprōmptō inprōmptō | imprōmptā inprōmptā | imprōmptō inprōmptō |
| vocative | imprōmpte inprōmpte | imprōmpta inprōmpta | imprōmptum inprōmptum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | imprōmptī inprōmptī | imprōmptae inprōmptae | imprōmpta inprōmpta |
| genitive | imprōmptōrum inprōmptōrum | imprōmptārum inprōmptārum | imprōmptōrum inprōmptōrum |
| dative | imprōmptīs inprōmptīs | imprōmptīs inprōmptīs | imprōmptīs inprōmptīs |
| accusative | imprōmptōs inprōmptōs | imprōmptās inprōmptās | imprōmpta inprōmpta |
| ablative | imprōmptīs inprōmptīs | imprōmptīs inprōmptīs | imprōmptīs inprōmptīs |
| vocative | imprōmptī inprōmptī | imprōmptae inprōmptae | imprōmpta inprōmpta |
impromptus (inpr-), a, um. adj. 2. in-promptus,
I. not ready, not quick (rare):
infacundior et lingua impromptus, Liv. 7, 4, 5: imprompto jam Arminio ob continua pericla, Tac. A. 2, 21: sermone impromptus Latio, Aus. Idyll. 2, 9.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
imprōmptus (in-pr-) adj.,
unready, hesitating: linguā, L.: Arminius, Ta.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinimprōmptus
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin prōmō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin prōmptus Latin imprōmptus From im- (“un-”) + prōmptus (“ready”).