intemeratus

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“without, not”) +‎ temerātus (“defiled, dishonored”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.te.meˈraː.tus/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛmɛˈräːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.te.meˈra.tus/, [in̪t̪emeˈräːt̪us]

Adjective

intemerātus (feminine intemerāta, neuter intemerātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. undefiled, unviolated, unimpaired, inviolate, chaste, virgin, pure

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	intemerātus	intemerāta	intemerātum		intemerātī	intemerātae	intemerāta
Genitive	intemerātī	intemerātae	intemerātī		intemerātōrum	intemerātārum	intemerātōrum
Dative	intemerātō		intemerātō		intemerātīs
Accusative	intemerātum	intemerātam	intemerātum		intemerātōs	intemerātās	intemerāta
Ablative	intemerātō	intemerātā	intemerātō		intemerātīs
Vocative	intemerāte	intemerāta	intemerātum		intemerātī	intemerātae	intemerāta

Synonyms

• (pure, chaste): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, pudīcus, pūrus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “pure, chaste”): adulter, adulterīnus, cinaedicus, immundus, impudīcus, impūrus, incestus

Derived terms

• intemerātē

Related terms

• intemerābilis
• intemerandus

Descendants

• English: intemerate
• Italian: intemerato
• Portuguese: intemerato

References

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