imbellis
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈbel.lis/, [ɪmˈbɛlːʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /imˈbel.lis/, [imˈbɛlːis]
Adjective
imbellis (neuter imbelle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- unwarlike
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.371–374:
- ‘cūr tibi prō Libycīs clauduntur rēte leaenīs
imbellēs capreae sollicitusque lepus?’
nōn sibi, respondit, silvās cessisse, sed hortōs
arvaque pugnācī nōn adeunda ferae.- “Why, to [honor] you, instead of Libyan lionesses, are unwarlike roe deer (or female goats) and the timid hare being trapped in the net?” Forests were not granted to her, she replied, but the gardens and fields, [which are] not to be approached by aggressive beasts.
(The poet asks Flora (mythology) why the Floralia featured certain animals.)
- “Why, to [honor] you, instead of Libyan lionesses, are unwarlike roe deer (or female goats) and the timid hare being trapped in the net?” Forests were not granted to her, she replied, but the gardens and fields, [which are] not to be approached by aggressive beasts.
- ‘cūr tibi prō Libycīs clauduntur rēte leaenīs
- peaceful, pacifist
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | imbellis | imbelle | imbellēs | imbellia | |
| Genitive | imbellis | imbellium | |||
| Dative | imbellī | imbellibus | |||
| Accusative | imbellem | imbelle | imbellēs imbellīs |
imbellia | |
| Ablative | imbellī | imbellibus | |||
| Vocative | imbellis | imbelle | imbellēs | imbellia | |
Descendants
- Italian: imbelle
- Portuguese: imbele
- Spanish: imbele
References
- “imbellis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “imbellis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- imbellis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- imbellis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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