insulsus
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From in- (“not”) + salsus (“salted, witty”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈsʊɫ.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [inˈsul.sus]
Adjective
īnsulsus (feminine īnsulsa, neuter īnsulsum, comparative insulsior, adverb īnsulsē); first/second-declension adjective
- unsalted, flavorless
- (figuratively) deprived of wit, not clever, dull, stupid, absurd
- (figuratively, of a thing) bungling, awkward
- Synonym: fatuus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | īnsulsus | īnsulsa | īnsulsum | īnsulsī | īnsulsae | īnsulsa | |
| genitive | īnsulsī | īnsulsae | īnsulsī | īnsulsōrum | īnsulsārum | īnsulsōrum | |
| dative | īnsulsō | īnsulsae | īnsulsō | īnsulsīs | |||
| accusative | īnsulsum | īnsulsam | īnsulsum | īnsulsōs | īnsulsās | īnsulsa | |
| ablative | īnsulsō | īnsulsā | īnsulsō | īnsulsīs | |||
| vocative | īnsulse | īnsulsa | īnsulsum | īnsulsī | īnsulsae | īnsulsa | |
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References
- “insulsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insulsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “insulsus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.