LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

intāctus

intāctus (feminine intācta, neuter intāctum)
Classical[ɪnˈtaːk.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[inˈtak.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveuntouched, intact, unharmed
  2. adjectivefigurativelyuntried
  3. adjectivevirgin, undefiled, chaste

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

nōn tāctus, integer
intāctus -a -um — in Aeneis, ch. 21

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeintāctusintāctaintāctum
genitiveintāctīintāctaeintāctī
dativeintāctōintāctaeintāctō
accusativeintāctumintāctamintāctum
ablativeintāctōintāctāintāctō
vocativeintācteintāctaintāctum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeintāctīintāctaeintācta
genitiveintāctōrumintāctārumintāctōrum
dativeintāctīsintāctīsintāctīs
accusativeintāctōsintāctāsintācta
ablativeintāctīsintāctīsintāctīs
vocativeintāctīintāctaeintācta

in-tactus, a, um, adj.,
I. untouched, uninjured, intact.
I. Lit.: cervix juvencae, not broken to the yoke, Verg. G. 4, 540: grex, id. A. 6, 38: boves, Hor. Epod. 9, 22: nix, Liv. 21, 36: exercitus integer intactusque, id. 10, 14: intactum aliquem inviolatumque dimittere, id. 2, 12: integri intactique fugerunt, id. 5, 38; 21, 25: ferro corpus, id. 1, 25: bello fines, id. 3, 26: vulnere miles, Sil. 7, 399: arx bellis, id. 2, 661: corpus ab vexatione, Liv. 7, 10: intactus profugit, Sall. J. 54 fin.: Britannus, unsubdued, Hor. Epod. 7, 7: Scythae perpetuo ab alieno imperio intacti, aut invicti, Just. 2, 3: fides, unstained, Stat. S. 5, 1, 77: vires, unimpaired, Curt. 9, 7: intactus superstitione, free from superstition, id. 4, 6: vir haud intacti religione animi, Liv. 5, 15: intactus infamiā, of spotless integrity, id. 38, 51: intacta invidiā media, id. 45, 35, 5: (triarii) per alios manipulos prope intacti evasere, id. 8, 10, 6: caput intactum buxo, Juv. 14, 194. —
II. Transf.
A. Untried, unattempted: prorsus nihil intactum, neque quietum pati, Sall. J. 66; cf. bellum, without combat, id. ib. 83 fin.: novā intactāque ratione, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65: Dryadum silvas saltusque sequamur Intactos, Verg. G. 3, 40: carmen, Hor. S. 1, 10, 66: thensauros Proserpinae intactos ad eam diem spoliavit, Liv. 29, 18, 4; cf.: sacrilegas admovere manus intactis illis thensauris, id. 29, 18, 8: intactis opulentior thesauris Arabum, Hor. C. 3, 24, 1.—Of a play not yet acted: esurit (Statius) intactam Paridi nisi vendat Agaven, Juv. 7, 87; cf.: intactum dicere carmen, Stat. S. 1, 2, 238: intacta carmina discens, id. ib. 3, 1, 67.—
B. Untouched, undefiled, chaste, of virgins: Pallas, Hor. C. 1, 7, 5: cui pater intactam dederat, Verg. A. 1, 345: virgo, Cat. 62, 45: intactior omni Sabina, Juv. 6, 162; cf.: utinam publica saltem his intacta malis agerentur sacra, not disgraced by these scandals, Juv. 6, 336.
in-tactus, ūs, m.,
I. intangibleness, only in an interpolation in Lucr. 1, 454; cf. Lachm. and Munro ad loc.

Origins

From in- + tāctus (past participle of tangō (“to touch”)), literally “untouched”.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanintacte
  • Frenchintactfrom Middle French intact
  • Englishintactfrom Middle French intact
  • Italianintatto
  • Portugueseintacto
  • Portugueseintato
  • Romanianintact
  • Spanishintacto
  • Germanintakt
  • Afrikaansintakfrom Middle French intact
Norwegian
  • Norwegian Bokmålintakt
  • Norwegian Nynorskintakt

In English words that came into English from intāctus

  • intactintāctus

Quick answers

What does intāctus mean in Latin?
intāctus, a adjective, means “untouched, intact, unharmed; untried; virgin, undefiled, chaste”.
How do you pronounce intāctus?
In classical Latin, [ɪnˈtaːk.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [inˈtak.tus].