inofficiosus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From in- (“not”) + officiōsus (“dutiful, obliging, attentive”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /i.nof.fi.kiˈoː.sus/, [ɪnɔfːɪkiˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.nof.fi.t͡ʃiˈo.sus/, [inofːit͡ʃiˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective[edit]
inofficiōsus (feminine inofficiōsa, neuter inofficiōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- undutiful, inofficious
- in general:
- not observant of his duty, undutiful
- (of a thing) contrary to one’s duty
- testāmentum inofficiōsum
- a will in which nothing is left to, or which adversely affects, one’s nearest relatives, children, etc.
- not observant of his duty, undutiful
- (in particular) not obliging, disobliging
- in general:
- (Medieval Latin, of a charter or deed) null and void
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | inofficiōsus | inofficiōsa | inofficiōsum | inofficiōsī | inofficiōsae | inofficiōsa | |
| Genitive | inofficiōsī | inofficiōsae | inofficiōsī | inofficiōsōrum | inofficiōsārum | inofficiōsōrum | |
| Dative | inofficiōsō | inofficiōsō | inofficiōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | inofficiōsum | inofficiōsam | inofficiōsum | inofficiōsōs | inofficiōsās | inofficiōsa | |
| Ablative | inofficiōsō | inofficiōsā | inofficiōsō | inofficiōsīs | |||
| Vocative | inofficiōse | inofficiōsa | inofficiōsum | inofficiōsī | inofficiōsae | inofficiōsa | |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: inofficious
- French: inofficieux
References[edit]
- “ĭnoffĭcĭōsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inofficiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inofficiosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ĭnoffĭcĭōsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 824/3.
- Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 540/2, “inofficiosus”