immensus

immensus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From im- + mēnsus.[1]

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    immēnsus (feminine immēnsa, neuter immēnsum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. immeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense
      Synonyms: impēnsus, vāstus, ingēns, immānis

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative immēnsus immēnsa immēnsum immēnsī immēnsae immēnsa
    genitive immēnsī immēnsae immēnsī immēnsōrum immēnsārum immēnsōrum
    dative immēnsō immēnsae immēnsō immēnsīs
    accusative immēnsum immēnsam immēnsum immēnsōs immēnsās immēnsa
    ablative immēnsō immēnsā immēnsō immēnsīs
    vocative immēnse immēnsa immēnsum immēnsī immēnsae immēnsa

    Descendants

    • French: immense
    • Italian: immenso
    • Piedmontese: imens
    • Portuguese: imenso
    • Sicilian: mmenzu
    • Spanish: inmenso

    References

    • immensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • immensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • immensus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • (ambiguous) abundance of material: infinita et immensa materia
    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 377