improvisus

improvisus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *ən-
Latin in-
Latin prōvīsus
Latin imprōvīsus

    From in- + prōvīsus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    imprōvīsus (feminine imprōvīsa, neuter imprōvīsum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. unforeseen, unexpected
    2. sudden

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative imprōvīsus imprōvīsa imprōvīsum imprōvīsī imprōvīsae imprōvīsa
    genitive imprōvīsī imprōvīsae imprōvīsī imprōvīsōrum imprōvīsārum imprōvīsōrum
    dative imprōvīsō imprōvīsae imprōvīsō imprōvīsīs
    accusative imprōvīsum imprōvīsam imprōvīsum imprōvīsōs imprōvīsās imprōvīsa
    ablative imprōvīsō imprōvīsā imprōvīsō imprōvīsīs
    vocative imprōvīse imprōvīsa imprōvīsum imprōvīsī imprōvīsae imprōvīsa

    Descendants

    • Catalan: improvís
    • Italian: improvviso
    • Portuguese: improviso
    • Spanish: improviso

    References

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