incuriosus

Latin

Etymology

From incūria (“carelessness, negligence”) +‎ -ōsus (“full of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.kuː.riˈoː.sus/, [ɪŋkuːriˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.ku.riˈo.sus/, [iŋkuriˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

incūriōsus (feminine incūriōsa, neuter incūriōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (usually with genitive or ablative) careless, negligent
2. (usually with genitive or ablative) indifferent, unconcerned
3. (in a passive sense) not made or done with care

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	incūriōsus	incūriōsa	incūriōsum		incūriōsī	incūriōsae	incūriōsa
Genitive	incūriōsī	incūriōsae	incūriōsī		incūriōsōrum	incūriōsārum	incūriōsōrum
Dative	incūriōsō		incūriōsō		incūriōsīs
Accusative	incūriōsum	incūriōsam	incūriōsum		incūriōsōs	incūriōsās	incūriōsa
Ablative	incūriōsō	incūriōsā	incūriōsō		incūriōsīs
Vocative	incūriōse	incūriōsa	incūriōsum		incūriōsī	incūriōsae	incūriōsa

Synonyms

• (careless, negligent): indīligēns, neglegēns
• (indifferent, unconcerned): neglegēns

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “careless, negligent”): dīligēns, industrius, nāvus
• (antonym(s) of “indifferent, unconcerned”): appetēns, avidus, cupiēns, cupidus, hiulcus

Derived terms

• incūriōsē

Related terms

• cūriōsus

Descendants

• Italian: incurioso

References

• “incuriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “incuriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• incuriosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• incuriosus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016