LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

invīsus

invīsus (feminine invīsa, neuter invīsum, comparative invīsior, superlative invīsissimus or invīsissumus, adverb invīsē or invīsiter)

Meaning

  1. adjectiveunseen

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinvīsusinvīsainvīsum
genitiveinvīsīinvīsaeinvīsī
dativeinvīsōinvīsaeinvīsō
accusativeinvīsuminvīsaminvīsum
ablativeinvīsōinvīsāinvīsō
vocativeinvīseinvīsainvīsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinvīsīinvīsaeinvīsa
genitiveinvīsōruminvīsāruminvīsōrum
dativeinvīsīsinvīsīsinvīsīs
accusativeinvīsōsinvīsāsinvīsa
ablativeinvīsīsinvīsīsinvīsīs
vocativeinvīsīinvīsaeinvīsa

invīsus, a, um, v. 1. invideo, P. a.
in-vīsus, a, um, adj.
I. Unseen: sacra maribus non invisa solum, sed etiam inaudita, Cic. Har. Resp. 27, 57: morbus, unknown, Cato, R. R. 141, 2: invisus atque inaccessus in id tempus saltus, Flor. 4, 12, 27.—
II. Adv.: invīsē, without being seen (post-class.): invise advenerat, Fulg. Myth. 3, 6.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *widtós Proto-Italic *wissos Latin vīsus Latin invīsus From in- + vīsus (“seen, having been seen”).

Descendants
  • Portugueseinviso

Quick answers

What does invīsus mean in Latin?
invīsus, a adjective, means “unseen”.
Where does invīsus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin invīsus.