importunus

Latin

Alternative forms

• inportūnus

Etymology

From in- (“not”) +‎ portus +‎ -nus. From Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). From *per- (“to penetrate; to cross (water)”) +‎ *-tus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.porˈtuː.nus/, [ɪmpɔrˈt̪uːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.porˈtu.nus/, [imporˈt̪uːnus]

Adjective

importūnus (feminine importūna, neuter importūnum, comparative importūnior, superlative importūnissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. inconvenient, unsuitable
2. annoying
3. rude

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	importūnus	importūna	importūnum		importūnī	importūnae	importūna
Genitive	importūnī	importūnae	importūnī		importūnōrum	importūnārum	importūnōrum
Dative	importūnō		importūnō		importūnīs
Accusative	importūnum	importūnam	importūnum		importūnōs	importūnās	importūna
Ablative	importūnō	importūnā	importūnō		importūnīs
Vocative	importūne	importūna	importūnum		importūnī	importūnae	importūna

Antonyms

• opportūnus

Derived terms

• importūnitās

Descendants

• Catalan: importú
• French: importun
  • Romanian: importun
• → Galician: importuno
• Italian: importuno
• → Portuguese: importuno
• Spanish: importuno

References

• “importunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “importunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• importunus 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)
• importunus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.