insipiens

Latin

Etymology

in- +‎ sapiēns with regular vowel weakening a→i.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈsi.pi.ens/, [ĩːˈs̠ɪpiẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈsi.pi.ens/, [inˈsiːpiens]

Adjective

īnsipiēns (genitive īnsipientis, adverb īnsipienter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. foolish, unwise, senseless

   Synonyms: fatuus, stupidus, stultus, brūtus, āmēns, dēmēns

   Antonyms: callidus, prūdēns, sapiēns, sollers

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	īnsipiēns			īnsipientēs	īnsipientia
genitive	īnsipientis			īnsipientium
dative	īnsipientī			īnsipientibus
accusative	īnsipientem	īnsipiēns		īnsipientēs	īnsipientia
ablative	īnsipientī			īnsipientibus
vocative	īnsipiēns			īnsipientēs	īnsipientia

Derived terms

• īnsipientia

Descendants

• → English: insipient
• → Italian: insipiente

References

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