LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

īnsipidus

īnsipidus (feminine īnsipida, neuter īnsipidum)
Classical[ĩːˈsɪ.pɪ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[inˈsiː.pi.dus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivetasteless
  2. adjectiveunsavoury, unpalatable
  3. adjectivedull

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnsipidusīnsipidaīnsipidum
genitiveīnsipidīīnsipidaeīnsipidī
dativeīnsipidōīnsipidaeīnsipidō
accusativeīnsipidumīnsipidamīnsipidum
ablativeīnsipidōīnsipidāīnsipidō
vocativeīnsipideīnsipidaīnsipidum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnsipidīīnsipidaeīnsipida
genitiveīnsipidōrumīnsipidārumīnsipidōrum
dativeīnsipidīsīnsipidīsīnsipidīs
accusativeīnsipidōsīnsipidāsīnsipida
ablativeīnsipidīsīnsipidīsīnsipidīs
vocativeīnsipidīīnsipidaeīnsipida

in-sĭpĭdus, a, um, adj. 2. in-sapidus,
I. tasteless, insipid (late Lat.): sapor, Firm. Math. 2, 12; Paul. Nol. Ep. 39, 4.

Origins

From in- + sapidus, from in- + sapiō + -idus.

Elsewhere
  • Catalaninsípid
  • Englishinsipid
  • Frenchinsipide
  • Italianinsipido
  • Portugueseinsípido
  • Romanianinsipid
  • Spanishinsípido
  • Galicianinsípido
Italo-Romance
  • Italianinsipito
  • Italianinscepido
  • Neapolitannzipete
  • Siciliannzìpitu
Derivates
  • Vulgar Latin*exsipidus

In English words that came into English from īnsipidus

  • insipidīnsipidus
  • insipidityīnsipiditās

Quick answers

What does īnsipidus mean in Latin?
īnsipidus, a adjective, means “tasteless; unsavoury, unpalatable; dull”.
How do you pronounce īnsipidus?
In classical Latin, [ĩːˈsɪ.pɪ.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [inˈsiː.pi.dus].