improvisus

Latin

Alternative forms

• inprōvīsus

Etymology

From in- +‎ prōvīsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.proːˈu̯iː.sus/, [ɪmproːˈu̯iːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.proˈvi.sus/, [improˈviːs̬us]

Adjective

imprōvīsus (feminine imprōvīsa, neuter imprōvīsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. unforeseen, unexpected
2. sudden

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	imprōvīsus	imprōvīsa	imprōvīsum		imprōvīsī	imprōvīsae	imprōvīsa
Genitive	imprōvīsī	imprōvīsae	imprōvīsī		imprōvīsōrum	imprōvīsārum	imprōvīsōrum
Dative	imprōvīsō		imprōvīsō		imprōvīsīs
Accusative	imprōvīsum	imprōvīsam	imprōvīsum		imprōvīsōs	imprōvīsās	imprōvīsa
Ablative	imprōvīsō	imprōvīsā	imprōvīsō		imprōvīsīs
Vocative	imprōvīse	imprōvīsa	imprōvīsum		imprōvīsī	imprōvīsae	imprōvīsa

Descendants

• Catalan: improvís
• Italian: improvviso
• Portuguese: improviso
• Spanish: improviso

References

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