imperfectus

Latin

Etymology

From im- +‎ perfectus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /im.perˈfek.tus/, [ɪmpɛrˈfɛkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.perˈfek.tus/, [imperˈfɛkt̪us]

Adjective

imperfectus (feminine imperfecta, neuter imperfectum, comparative imperfectior); first/second-declension adjective

1. unfinished, incomplete

   Synonyms: incohātus, īnfectus

   Antonyms: complētus, absolūtus, perfectus, factus, dēfūnctus

2. imperfect
3. (grammar) imperfect

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	imperfectus	imperfecta	imperfectum		imperfectī	imperfectae	imperfecta
Genitive	imperfectī	imperfectae	imperfectī		imperfectōrum	imperfectārum	imperfectōrum
Dative	imperfectō		imperfectō		imperfectīs
Accusative	imperfectum	imperfectam	imperfectum		imperfectōs	imperfectās	imperfecta
Ablative	imperfectō	imperfectā	imperfectō		imperfectīs
Vocative	imperfecte	imperfecta	imperfectum		imperfectī	imperfectae	imperfecta

Descendants

• Catalan: imperfecte
• French: imparfait
• Galician: imperfecto
• Italian: imperfetto
• Piedmontese: imperfet
• Portuguese: imperfeito
• Spanish: imperfecto

References

• “imperfectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “imperfectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imperfectus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• imperfectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• imperfectus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016