immodicus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From in- + modicus (“moderate, middling”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈmo.di.kus/, [ɪmˈmɔd̪ɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /imˈmo.di.kus/, [imˈmɔːd̪ikus]
Adjective edit
immodicus (feminine immodica, neuter immodicum); first/second-declension adjective
- excessive, beyond measure
- immoderate, unrestrained, extravagant
- Synonym: immodestus
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | immodicus | immodica | immodicum | immodicī | immodicae | immodica | |
| Genitive | immodicī | immodicae | immodicī | immodicōrum | immodicārum | immodicōrum | |
| Dative | immodicō | immodicō | immodicīs | ||||
| Accusative | immodicum | immodicam | immodicum | immodicōs | immodicās | immodica | |
| Ablative | immodicō | immodicā | immodicō | immodicīs | |||
| Vocative | immodice | immodica | immodicum | immodicī | immodicae | immodica | |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “immodicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “immodicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- immodicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.