immodicus

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ modicus (“moderate, middling”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈmo.di.kus/, [ɪmˈmɔd̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈmo.di.kus/, [imˈmɔːd̪ikus]

Adjective

immodicus (feminine immodica, neuter immodicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. excessive, beyond measure
2. immoderate, unrestrained, extravagant

   Synonym: immodestus

Declension

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

• immodicē

Related terms

• modicus

References

• “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.