LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

incompetēns

incompetēns (genitive incompetentis)
Classical[ɪŋˈkɔm.pɛ.tẽːs]Ecclesiastical[iŋˈkɔm.pe.tens]

Meaning

  1. one terminationinsufficient

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeincompetēnsincompetēnsincompetēns
genitiveincompetentisincompetentisincompetentis
dativeincompetentīincompetentīincompetentī
accusativeincompetentemincompetentemincompetēns
ablativeincompetentī
incompetente		incompetentī
incompetente		incompetentī
incompetente
vocativeincompetēnsincompetēnsincompetēns
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeincompetentēsincompetentēsincompetentia
genitiveincompetentiumincompetentiumincompetentium
dativeincompetentibusincompetentibusincompetentibus
accusativeincompetentīs
incompetentēs		incompetentīs
incompetentēs		incompetentia
ablativeincompetentibusincompetentibusincompetentibus
vocativeincompetentēsincompetentēsincompetentia

in-compĕtens, entis, adj.,
I. insufficient (late Lat.), Theod. Prisc. 2, 17.—Adv.: in-compĕtenter, insufficiently, Cod. Just. 1, 3, 19; Cassiod. Var. 5, 14.

Origins

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

Latin competēns Latin incompetēns From in- + competēns.

Descendants
  • Catalanincompetent
  • Englishincompetent
  • Frenchincompétent
  • Italianincompetente
  • Occitanincompetent
  • Portugueseincompetente
  • Romanianincompetent
  • Spanishincompetente
  • Galicianincompetente

In English words that came into English from incompetēns

  • incompetentincompetentem

Quick answers

What does incompetēns mean in Latin?
incompetēns, a adjective, means “insufficient”.
How do you pronounce incompetēns?
In classical Latin, [ɪŋˈkɔm.pɛ.tẽːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iŋˈkɔm.pe.tens].
Where does incompetēns come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin incompetēns.