indistinctus

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ distīnctus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.disˈtiːnk.tus/, [ɪn̪d̪ɪs̠ˈt̪iːŋkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.disˈtink.tus/, [in̪d̪isˈt̪iŋkt̪us]

Adjective

indistīnctus (feminine indistīncta, neuter indistīnctum); first/second-declension adjective

1. not easily distinguished; easily confused
2. indistinct, obscure

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	indistīnctus	indistīncta	indistīnctum		indistīnctī	indistīnctae	indistīncta
Genitive	indistīnctī	indistīnctae	indistīnctī		indistīnctōrum	indistīnctārum	indistīnctōrum
Dative	indistīnctō		indistīnctō		indistīnctīs
Accusative	indistīnctum	indistīnctam	indistīnctum		indistīnctōs	indistīnctās	indistīncta
Ablative	indistīnctō	indistīnctā	indistīnctō		indistīnctīs
Vocative	indistīncte	indistīncta	indistīnctum		indistīnctī	indistīnctae	indistīncta

Descendants

• Catalan: indistint
• French: indistinct
• Galician: indistinto
• Italian: indistinto
• Occitan: indistinct
• Portuguese: indistinto
• Spanish: indistinto

References

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