intactus

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ tāctus (past participle of tangō (“I touch”)), literally “untouched”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈtaːk.tus/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪äːkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈtak.tus/, [in̪ˈt̪äkt̪us]

Adjective

intāctus (feminine intācta, neuter intāctum); first/second-declension adjective

1. untouched, intact, unharmed

   Synonyms: incolumis, sānus, salvus, validus, integer, sospes, salūber, sollus, innoxius

   Antonyms: aeger, miser, īnfirmus, languidus

2. (figuratively) untried
3. virgin, undefiled, chaste

   Synonym: virgō

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	intāctus	intācta	intāctum		intāctī	intāctae	intācta
Genitive	intāctī	intāctae	intāctī		intāctōrum	intāctārum	intāctōrum
Dative	intāctō		intāctō		intāctīs
Accusative	intāctum	intāctam	intāctum		intāctōs	intāctās	intācta
Ablative	intāctō	intāctā	intāctō		intāctīs
Vocative	intācte	intācta	intāctum		intāctī	intāctae	intācta

Descendants

• Catalan: intacte
• Middle French: intact
  • French: intact
  • → English: intact
• Friulian: intat
• Galician: intacto
• Italian: intatto
• Piedmontese: intat
• Portuguese: intacto, intato
• Romanian: intact
• Spanish: intacto
• German: intakt
• Dutch: intact
• Danish: intakt
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: intakt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: intakt
• Swedish: intakt
• Russian: инта́ктный (intáktnyj)
• Ukrainian: інтактний (intaktnyj)

References

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