adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
īnsipiēns
īnsipiēns (genitive īnsipientis, adverb īnsipienter)
Classical[ĩːˈsɪ.pi.ẽːs]Ecclesiastical[inˈsiː.pi.ens]
Meaning
- one terminationfoolish, unwise, without intelligence, senseless; or used as a substantive adjective: a fool, etc.
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnsipiēns | īnsipiēns | īnsipiēns |
| genitive | īnsipientis | īnsipientis | īnsipientis |
| dative | īnsipientī | īnsipientī | īnsipientī |
| accusative | īnsipientem | īnsipientem | īnsipiēns |
| ablative | īnsipientī īnsipiente | īnsipientī īnsipiente | īnsipientī īnsipiente |
| vocative | īnsipiēns | īnsipiēns | īnsipiēns |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnsipientēs | īnsipientēs | īnsipientia |
| genitive | īnsipientium | īnsipientium | īnsipientium |
| dative | īnsipientibus | īnsipientibus | īnsipientibus |
| accusative | īnsipientīs īnsipientēs | īnsipientīs īnsipientēs | īnsipientia |
| ablative | īnsipientibus | īnsipientibus | īnsipientibus |
| vocative | īnsipientēs | īnsipientēs | īnsipientia |
in-sĭpĭens (insăp-, Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Sest. 53; p. 304, 16 Bait.), entis, adj. 2. in-sapiens,
I. unwise, senseless, foolish (class.):
sed ego insipiens nova nunc facio, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 4: insipiens fortunatus, Cic. Lael. 15, 54: sermo insipientium (opp. sapiens), id. Fin. 2, 15, 50. — Comp.: quis homost me insipientior, qui, etc., Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 84: ego insipientior quam illi ipsi, id. Div. 2, 23, 51.—Sup.: insipientissimus, Sen. Q. N. 2, 59.—Adv.: insĭpĭen-ter, unwisely, foolishly: a me factum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 78: factum, id. Truc. 4, 3, 53: sperat, Cic. de Sen. 19, 68.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īnsipiēns entis, adj. with comp.
2 in + sapiens, unwise, foolish: fortunatus: ego insipientior quam illi ipsi.
Origins
in- + sapiēns with regular vowel weakening a→i.
Descendants
- Englishinsipient
- Italianinsipiente
In English words that came into English from īnsipiēns
- insipientīnsipiēns