promiscuus

Latin

Alternative forms

• prōmiscus

Etymology

From prō- +‎ misceō (“mix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈmis.ku.us/, [proːˈmɪs̠kuʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈmis.ku.us/, [proˈmiskuːs]

Adjective

prōmiscuus (feminine prōmiscua, neuter prōmiscuum, adverb prōmiscuē); first/second-declension adjective

1. not separate or distinct, mixed; mutual, shared
2. indiscriminate, promiscuous
3. (grammar) epicene
4. common, usual, general

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	prōmiscuus	prōmiscua	prōmiscuum		prōmiscuī	prōmiscuae	prōmiscua
Genitive	prōmiscuī	prōmiscuae	prōmiscuī		prōmiscuōrum	prōmiscuārum	prōmiscuōrum
Dative	prōmiscuō		prōmiscuō		prōmiscuīs
Accusative	prōmiscuum	prōmiscuam	prōmiscuum		prōmiscuōs	prōmiscuās	prōmiscua
Ablative	prōmiscuō	prōmiscuā	prōmiscuō		prōmiscuīs
Vocative	prōmiscue	prōmiscua	prōmiscuum		prōmiscuī	prōmiscuae	prōmiscua

Derived terms

• prōmiscam
• prōmiscē
• prōmiscuē

Related terms

• admisceō
• commisceō
• ēmisceō
• immisceō
• impermisceō
• intermisceō
• misceō
• permisceō
• remisceō

Descendants

• Catalan: promiscu
• English: promiscuous
• French: promiscue
• Galician: promiscuo
• Italian: promiscuo
• Portuguese: promíscuo
• Romanian: promiscuu
• Spanish: promiscuo

References

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