Latin

Participle

īnsectus m ‎(feminine īnsecta, neuter īnsectum); first/second declension

1. cut up or into, having been cut up or into; incised, dissected

Inflection

First/second declension.

Etymology 2

From in ‎(“without, not”) + sectus ‎(“cut; cleaved, divided”).

Adjective

īnsectus m ‎(feminine īnsecta, neuter īnsectum); first/second declension

1. Not cut, uncut.
2. Not cleaved or divided, uncleaved, undivided

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

References

• insectus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• insectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “insectus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.