irreprehensus
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From in- (“not, un-”) + reprehēnsus (participle of the verb reprehendō (“check, restrain; blame, rebuke”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ir.re.preˈhen.sus/, [ɪrːɛpreˈ(ɦ)ẽːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ir.re.preˈen.sus/, [irːepreˈɛnsus]
Adjective[edit]
irreprehēnsus (feminine irreprehēnsa, neuter irreprehēnsum); first/second-declension adjective
- (poetic) blameless, without blame
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.340:
- Ille per Aonias fama celeberrimus urbes
inreprehensa dabat populo responsa petenti- He, the most famous through the cities of Aonia,
gave blameless answers to the people who sought them
- He, the most famous through the cities of Aonia,
- Ille per Aonias fama celeberrimus urbes
Inflection[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | irreprehēnsus | irreprehēnsa | irreprehēnsum | irreprehēnsī | irreprehēnsae | irreprehēnsa | |
| Genitive | irreprehēnsī | irreprehēnsae | irreprehēnsī | irreprehēnsōrum | irreprehēnsārum | irreprehēnsōrum | |
| Dative | irreprehēnsō | irreprehēnsō | irreprehēnsīs | ||||
| Accusative | irreprehēnsum | irreprehēnsam | irreprehēnsum | irreprehēnsōs | irreprehēnsās | irreprehēnsa | |
| Ablative | irreprehēnsō | irreprehēnsā | irreprehēnsō | irreprehēnsīs | |||
| Vocative | irreprehēnse | irreprehēnsa | irreprehēnsum | irreprehēnsī | irreprehēnsae | irreprehēnsa | |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “irreprehensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press