inquietus

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ quiētus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.kʷiˈeː.tus/, [ɪŋkʷiˈeːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.kwiˈe.tus/, [iŋkwiˈɛːt̪us]

Adjective

inquiētus (feminine inquiēta, neuter inquiētum); first/second-declension adjective

1. restless
   • 397 CE – 400 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Cōnfessiōnēs 1.1:

     Tū excitās ut laudāre tē dēlectet, quia fēcistī nōs ad tē et inquiētum est cor nostrum dōnec requiēscat in tē.

     You rouse so that he [man] delights to praise you, because you have made us towards you and our heart is restless until it rests in you.

2. unquiet

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	inquiētus	inquiēta	inquiētum		inquiētī	inquiētae	inquiēta
Genitive	inquiētī	inquiētae	inquiētī		inquiētōrum	inquiētārum	inquiētōrum
Dative	inquiētō		inquiētō		inquiētīs
Accusative	inquiētum	inquiētam	inquiētum		inquiētōs	inquiētās	inquiēta
Ablative	inquiētō	inquiētā	inquiētō		inquiētīs
Vocative	inquiēte	inquiēta	inquiētum		inquiētī	inquiētae	inquiēta

Descendants

• French: inquiet, inquiète
• Romanian: încet

References

• “inquietus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inquietus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inquietus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.