LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

īnsēnsibilis

īnsēnsibilis (neuter īnsēnsibile)
Classical[ĩː.sẽːˈsɪ.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[in.senˈsiː.bi.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationimperceptible, insensible (that cannot be perceived by the senses)
  2. two terminationundetectable

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnsēnsibilisīnsēnsibilisīnsēnsibile
genitiveīnsēnsibilisīnsēnsibilisīnsēnsibilis
dativeīnsēnsibilīīnsēnsibilīīnsēnsibilī
accusativeīnsēnsibilemīnsēnsibilemīnsēnsibile
ablativeīnsēnsibilīīnsēnsibilīīnsēnsibilī
vocativeīnsēnsibilisīnsēnsibilisīnsēnsibile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnsēnsibilēsīnsēnsibilēsīnsēnsibilia
genitiveīnsēnsibiliumīnsēnsibiliumīnsēnsibilium
dativeīnsēnsibilibusīnsēnsibilibusīnsēnsibilibus
accusativeīnsēnsibilīs
īnsēnsibilēs
īnsēnsibilīs
īnsēnsibilēs
īnsēnsibilia
ablativeīnsēnsibilibusīnsēnsibilibusīnsēnsibilibus
vocativeīnsēnsibilēsīnsēnsibilēsīnsēnsibilia

in-sensĭbĭlis, e, adj.,
I. that cannot be felt, insensible, imperceptible (post-class.).
I. Pass.: morbus, Ser. Samm. 3, 2. — As subst.: insensĭbĭlĭa, ium, n., things of no account, Lact. 2, 2, 17; 2, 5, 1.—
(b). Things imperceptible, Apul. Asclep. 19, p. 87. —
B. Trop., incomprehensible: inenarrabile esse ait, et propemodum insensibile, Gell. 17, 10, 17.—
II. Act., that cannot feel, insensible, senseless: simulacra, Lact. 6, 13 fin.: deus, id. 7, 3, 7; 4, 1, 2 al.—Adv.: insensĭbĭlĭter, insensibly, Cassiod.

Origins

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

Latin sēnsibilis Latin īnsēnsibilis From in- + sēnsibilis.

In English words that came into English from īnsēnsibilis

  • insensibleīnsēnsibilis

Quick answers

What does īnsēnsibilis mean in Latin?
īnsēnsibilis, a adjective, means “imperceptible, insensible (that cannot be perceived by the senses); undetectable”.
How do you pronounce īnsēnsibilis?
In classical Latin, [ĩː.sẽːˈsɪ.bɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [in.senˈsiː.bi.lis].
Where does īnsēnsibilis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin īnsēnsibilis.