nutabundus

Latin

Etymology

nūtō (“sway, stagger, totter”) +‎ -bundus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nuː.taːˈbun.dus/, [nuːt̪äːˈbʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nu.taˈbun.dus/, [nut̪äˈbun̪d̪us]

Adjective

nūtābundus (feminine nūtābunda, neuter nūtābundum); first/second-declension adjective (post-classical)

1. tottering, staggering

   Synonym: quassābundus

2. vacillating, uncertain

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nūtābundus	nūtābunda	nūtābundum		nūtābundī	nūtābundae	nūtābunda
Genitive	nūtābundī	nūtābundae	nūtābundī		nūtābundōrum	nūtābundārum	nūtābundōrum
Dative	nūtābundō		nūtābundō		nūtābundīs
Accusative	nūtābundum	nūtābundam	nūtābundum		nūtābundōs	nūtābundās	nūtābunda
Ablative	nūtābundō	nūtābundā	nūtābundō		nūtābundīs
Vocative	nūtābunde	nūtābunda	nūtābundum		nūtābundī	nūtābundae	nūtābunda

References

• “nutabundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nutabundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.