incuriosus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From incūria (“carelessness, negligence”) + -ōsus (“full of”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /in.kuː.riˈoː.sus/, [ɪŋkuːriˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.ku.riˈo.sus/, [iŋkuriˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective[edit]
incūriōsus (feminine incūriōsa, neuter incūriōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- (usually with genitive or ablative) careless, negligent
- (usually with genitive or ablative) indifferent, unconcerned
- (in a passive sense) not made or done with care
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | incūriōsus | incūriōsa | incūriōsum | incūriōsī | incūriōsae | incūriōsa | |
Genitive | incūriōsī | incūriōsae | incūriōsī | incūriōsōrum | incūriōsārum | incūriōsōrum | |
Dative | incūriōsō | incūriōsō | incūriōsīs | ||||
Accusative | incūriōsum | incūriōsam | incūriōsum | incūriōsōs | incūriōsās | incūriōsa | |
Ablative | incūriōsō | incūriōsā | incūriōsō | incūriōsīs | |||
Vocative | incūriōse | incūriōsa | incūriōsum | incūriōsī | incūriōsae | incūriōsa |
Synonyms[edit]
- (careless, negligent): indīligēns, neglegēns
- (indifferent, unconcerned): neglegēns
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “careless, negligent”): dīligēns, industrius, nāvus
- (antonym(s) of “indifferent, unconcerned”): appetēns, avidus, cupiēns, cupidus, hiulcus
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Italian: incurioso
References[edit]
- “incuriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incuriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- incuriosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- incuriosus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016