immodestus

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“un-”) +‎ modestus (“modest, restrained”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.moˈdes.tus/, [ɪmːɔˈd̪ɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.moˈdes.tus/, [imːoˈd̪ɛst̪us]

Adjective

immodestus (feminine immodesta, neuter immodestum, adverb immodestē); first/second-declension adjective

1. unrestrained, excessive, shameless

   Synonym: immoderātus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	immodestus	immodesta	immodestum		immodestī	immodestae	immodesta
Genitive	immodestī	immodestae	immodestī		immodestōrum	immodestārum	immodestōrum
Dative	immodestō		immodestō		immodestīs
Accusative	immodestum	immodestam	immodestum		immodestōs	immodestās	immodesta
Ablative	immodestō	immodestā	immodestō		immodestīs
Vocative	immodeste	immodesta	immodestum		immodestī	immodestae	immodesta

Derived terms

• immodestia

References

• “immodestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “immodestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers