improbulus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
improbus (“greedy; wicked”) + -ulus
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈpro.bu.lus/, [ɪmˈprɔbʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /imˈpro.bu.lus/, [imˈprɔːbulus]
Adjective edit
improbulus (feminine improbula, neuter improbulum); first/second-declension adjective
- Diminutive of improbus: somewhat wicked or impudent
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | improbulus | improbula | improbulum | improbulī | improbulae | improbula | |
| Genitive | improbulī | improbulae | improbulī | improbulōrum | improbulārum | improbulōrum | |
| Dative | improbulō | improbulō | improbulīs | ||||
| Accusative | improbulum | improbulam | improbulum | improbulōs | improbulās | improbula | |
| Ablative | improbulō | improbulā | improbulō | improbulīs | |||
| Vocative | improbule | improbula | improbulum | improbulī | improbulae | improbula | |
References edit
- “improbulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “improbulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers