imperterritus

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“un-”) +‎ perterritus (“terrified”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.perˈter.ri.tus/, [ɪmpɛrˈt̪ɛrːɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.perˈter.ri.tus/, [imperˈt̪ɛrːit̪us]

Adjective

imperterritus (feminine imperterrita, neuter imperterritum); first/second-declension adjective

1. unterrified, dauntless

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	imperterritus	imperterrita	imperterritum		imperterritī	imperterritae	imperterrita
Genitive	imperterritī	imperterritae	imperterritī		imperterritōrum	imperterritārum	imperterritōrum
Dative	imperterritō		imperterritō		imperterritīs
Accusative	imperterritum	imperterritam	imperterritum		imperterritōs	imperterritās	imperterrita
Ablative	imperterritō	imperterritā	imperterritō		imperterritīs
Vocative	imperterrite	imperterrita	imperterritum		imperterritī	imperterritae	imperterrita

Descendants

• Italian: imperterrito
• Spanish: impertérrito

References

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