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imbecillus

imbecillus

Latin

Alternative forms

imbēcillis

Adjective

imbēcillus m ‎(feminine imbēcilla, neuter imbēcillum); first/second declension

weak, feeble

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	imbēcillus	imbēcilla	imbēcillum		imbēcillī	imbēcillae	imbēcilla
genitive	imbēcillī	imbēcillae	imbēcillī		imbēcillōrum	imbēcillārum	imbēcillōrum
dative	imbēcillō	imbēcillae	imbēcillō		imbēcillīs
accusative	imbēcillum	imbēcillam	imbēcillum		imbēcillōs	imbēcillās	imbēcilla
ablative	imbēcillō	imbēcillā	imbēcillō		imbēcillīs
vocative	imbēcille	imbēcilla	imbēcillum		imbēcillī	imbēcillae	imbēcilla

Synonyms

debilis

Descendants

English: imbecile
French: imbécile
Italian: imbecille
Portuguese: imbecil

References

imbecillus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
imbecillus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “imbecillus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag