impexus

impexus

Latin

Etymology

    From in- + pexus.

    Adjective

    impexus (feminine impexa, neuter impexum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. uncombed, unkempt, tangled
      • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 3.366–367:
        [] Stiriaque impexis induruit horrida barbis,
        Interea toto non setius aere ningit.
        [] hoarfrost clings to their uncombed, shaggy beards while the whole sky keeps on sheding snow.

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative impexus impexa impexum impexī impexae impexa
    genitive impexī impexae impexī impexōrum impexārum impexōrum
    dative impexō impexae impexō impexīs
    accusative impexum impexam impexum impexōs impexās impexa
    ablative impexō impexā impexō impexīs
    vocative impexe impexa impexum impexī impexae impexa

    References

    • impexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • impexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • impexus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.