obstreperus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From obstrepō (“roar, resound; clamor; annoy; make a noise against”) + -us. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /obˈstre.pe.rus/, [ɔpˈs̠t̪rɛpɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈstre.pe.rus/, [obˈst̪rɛːperus]
Adjective edit
obstreperus (feminine obstrepera, neuter obstreperum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | obstreperus | obstrepera | obstreperum | obstreperī | obstreperae | obstrepera | |
| Genitive | obstreperī | obstreperae | obstreperī | obstreperōrum | obstreperārum | obstreperōrum | |
| Dative | obstreperō | obstreperō | obstreperīs | ||||
| Accusative | obstreperum | obstreperam | obstreperum | obstreperōs | obstreperās | obstrepera | |
| Ablative | obstreperō | obstreperā | obstreperō | obstreperīs | |||
| Vocative | obstrepere | obstrepera | obstreperum | obstreperī | obstreperae | obstrepera | |
Synonyms edit
- (clamorous): clāmātōrius
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “clamorous, noisy”): tranquillus
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: obstreperous
- → Scots: abstrakalous
- → Spanish: obstrépero
References edit
- “obstreperus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obstreperus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.