inconcinnus

inconcinnus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *ən-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin cinnus
Latin concinnus
Latin inconcinnus

    From in- + concinnus (“elegant, graceful, neat”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    inconcinnus (feminine inconcinna, neuter inconcinnum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. awkward, clumsy
    2. inelegant, ungraceful

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative inconcinnus inconcinna inconcinnum inconcinnī inconcinnae inconcinna
    genitive inconcinnī inconcinnae inconcinnī inconcinnōrum inconcinnārum inconcinnōrum
    dative inconcinnō inconcinnae inconcinnō inconcinnīs
    accusative inconcinnum inconcinnam inconcinnum inconcinnōs inconcinnās inconcinna
    ablative inconcinnō inconcinnā inconcinnō inconcinnīs
    vocative inconcinne inconcinna inconcinnum inconcinnī inconcinnae inconcinna

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • English: inconcinnous

    Further reading

    • “inconcinnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “inconcinnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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