insipiens

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Latin

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Etymology

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in- +‎ sapiēns with regular vowel weakening ai.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: insipient
  • Italian: insipiente

References

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  • 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.