immensus

Latin

Alternative forms

• inmēnsus

Etymology

im- +‎ mēnsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈmen.sus/, [ɪmˈmẽːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈmen.sus/, [imˈmɛnsus]

Adjective

immēnsus (feminine immēnsa, neuter immēnsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. immeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense

   Synonyms: impēnsus, vāstus, ingēns, immānis

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	immēnsus	immēnsa	immēnsum		immēnsī	immēnsae	immēnsa
Genitive	immēnsī	immēnsae	immēnsī		immēnsōrum	immēnsārum	immēnsōrum
Dative	immēnsō		immēnsō		immēnsīs
Accusative	immēnsum	immēnsam	immēnsum		immēnsōs	immēnsās	immēnsa
Ablative	immēnsō	immēnsā	immēnsō		immēnsīs
Vocative	immēnse	immēnsa	immēnsum		immēnsī	immēnsae	immēnsa

Descendants

• French: immense
• Italian: immenso
• Piedmontese: imens
• Portuguese: imenso
• Sicilian: mmenzu

References

• “immensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “immensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• immensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) abundance of material: infinita et immensa materia