LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

īnsolēns

īnsolēns (genitive īnsolentis, comparative īnsolentior, adverb īnsolenter)
Classical[ˈĩː.sɔ.ɫẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈin.so.lens]

Meaning

  1. one terminationunusual
  2. one terminationcontrary to custom or one’s own custom
    CHREMĒS: Quid tū Athēnās īnsolēns? CRĪTŌ: Ēvenit.CHREMES: What [are] you [doing in] Athens, [since we’re so] unaccustomed [to seeing you here]? CRITO: It just happened [to turn out that way]. (In context, Chremes is expressing his suspicions with dramatic irony, and Crito is hiding his true intentions. Cassell’s Latin Dictionary adds a word for clarification: Quid tu Athenas insolens venisti? — “What brings you to Athens so unexpectedly?” )166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 907
  3. one terminationarrogant, haughty, insolent

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Superbia · Arrogantia · Fastus · Insolentia

Superbia, from self-sufficiency, thinks others beneath itself, and considers them only as to the inferiority of their endowments; pride, in opp. to humility, arrogantia would make others, who owe it no homage, sensible of its endowments or privileges, in opp. to modesty; fastus (from σπαθᾶν?) pushes men from itself, as unworthy to stand in connection with it, as a presumptuous, in opp. to a sober, unassuming disposition; insolentia (from salire, insilire,) misemploys its superiority, in a rude manner, to the humiliation of the weaker, as insolence, in opp. to humanity and magnanimity. The superbus would outshine others, the arrogans would encroach upon them; the fastosus despises them; the insolens insults them. (iv. 187.)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnsolēnsīnsolēnsīnsolēns
genitiveīnsolentisīnsolentisīnsolentis
dativeīnsolentīīnsolentīīnsolentī
accusativeīnsolentemīnsolentemīnsolēns
ablativeīnsolentī
īnsolente		īnsolentī
īnsolente		īnsolentī
īnsolente
vocativeīnsolēnsīnsolēnsīnsolēns
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnsolentēsīnsolentēsīnsolentia
genitiveīnsolentiumīnsolentiumīnsolentium
dativeīnsolentibusīnsolentibusīnsolentibus
accusativeīnsolentīs
īnsolentēs		īnsolentīs
īnsolentēs		īnsolentia
ablativeīnsolentibusīnsolentibusīnsolentibus
vocativeīnsolentēsīnsolentēsīnsolentia

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

insolentius se efferre
to behave arrogantly.
insolentia, superbia inflatum esse
to be puffed up with pride.

in-sŏlens, ntis, adj. 2. in-soleo.
I. In gen., i. q. insuetus, contrary to custom, unaccustomed to a thing; unusual, not in use (class.); constr. absol., or with gen.: quid tu Athenas insolens? Ter. And. 5, 4, 4: mutatos deos flebit et aspera aequora emirabitur insolens (= antea insuetus tam celeris immutationis), Hor. C. 1, 5, 8: verbum, i. q. insuetum, insolitum, Cic. Or. 8, 25; Quint. 4, 1, 58; Gell. 11, 7, 1; cf. in sup.: insolentissimum nomen, Quint. prooem. § 14.—With gen.: infamiae, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 3; id. de Or. 1, 48, 207: belli, Caes. B. C. 2, 36: bellorum, Tac. H. 1, 87: audiendi, id. A. 15, 67: vera accipiendi, Sall. H. 4, 48 Dietsch: ruris colendi, Gell. 19, 12, 7: malarum artium, Sall. C. 3, 4 al.—
II. In partic.
A. Excessive, immoderate; haughty, arrogant, insolent: insolenti alacritate gestire, Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42: ostentatio, id. Par. 6, 1, 42: victoria, id. Marc. 3, 9: laetitia, Hor. C. 2, 3, 3: exercitus, id. ib. 1, 6, 21: nec erat ei verendum, ne vera de se praedicans, nimis videretur aut insolens, aut loquax, Cic. de Sen. 10, 31: ne in re nota multus et insolens sim, id. de Or. 2, 87, 358: non tam insolens sum, quam ineruditus, id. Dom. 34, 92: nihil umquam neque insolens, neque gloriosum ex ore ejus exiit, Nep. Tim. 4: Fortuna ludum insolentem ludere pertinax, Hor. C. 3, 29, 50.— Comp.: secundis rebus insolentiores, Hirt. B. G. 8, 13.— Sup.: insolentissimi homines, Cael. ad Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3.—
B. Extravagant, prodigal: in aliena re, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23: in pecunia, id. de Or. 2, 84, 342.—
C. Unfrequented, lonely: locus, Pall. 12, 4, 2.— Hence, adv.: insŏlenter.
1. Unusually, contrary to custom (class.): evenire insolenter et raro, Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43: verbum fingere, Gell. 1, 21, 5.—Comp.: insolentius hac figura uti, Gell. 10, 13, 4.—
2. Immoderately; haughtily, insolently: Gorgias his festivitatibus insolentius abutitur, Cic. Or. 52, 176: auctorem extinctum laete atque insolenter ferre, with insolent exultation, id. Phil. 9, 3, 7: victoriā suā insolenter gloriari, Caes. B. G. 1, 14: se efferre, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39: a sorore irrisa, Flor. 1, 26: dictum, Quint. 1, 5, 9: hostis insequens, Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—Comp.: se insolentius jactare, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20; Caes. B. C. 3, 46. — Sup.: insolentissime obequitare, Val. Max. 3, 2, 21.

Origins

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

Latin soleō Latin īnsolēns From in- (“un-”) + soleō (“to be used to”).

Descendants
  • Catalaninsolent
  • Englishinsolent
  • Frenchinsolent
  • Romanianinsolentfrom French insolent
  • Italianinsolente
  • Portugueseinsolente
  • Spanishinsolente
  • Galicianinsolente
  • Siciliannzulenti

In English words that came into English from īnsolēns

  • insolentīnsolēns
  • insolenceīnsolentia
  • insolencyīnsolentia

Quick answers

What does īnsolēns mean in Latin?
īnsolēns, a adjective, means “unusual; contrary to custom or one’s own custom; arrogant, haughty, insolent”.
How do you pronounce īnsolēns?
In classical Latin, [ˈĩː.sɔ.ɫẽːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈin.so.lens].
Where does īnsolēns come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin īnsolēns.
Which English words come from īnsolēns?
English words that go back to Latin īnsolēns include insolent, insolence and insolency.