obstreperus
Latin
Etymology
From obstrepere, present infinitive of obstrepō (“roar, resound; clamor; annoy; make a noise against”) + -us.
Note: This represents an unusual and somewhat unique Latin formation, as the adjectival suffix is appended to the infinitive form of the verb. This is opposed to the suffixation of the first person present indicative, as is the usual custom when adjectives are created from verbs in Latin; such is the case with dīvidus and prōdigus, for example. This application serves to emphasize the universality of application of -us in the creation of adjectives.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /obˈstre.pe.rus/, [ɔpˈs̠t̪rɛpɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈstre.pe.rus/, [obˈst̪rɛːperus]
Adjective
obstreperus (feminine obstrepera, neuter obstreperum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | obstreperus | obstrepera | obstreperum | obstreperī | obstreperae | obstrepera | |
Genitive | obstreperī | obstreperae | obstreperī | obstreperōrum | obstreperārum | obstreperōrum | |
Dative | obstreperō | obstreperō | obstreperīs | ||||
Accusative | obstreperum | obstreperam | obstreperum | obstreperōs | obstreperās | obstrepera | |
Ablative | obstreperō | obstreperā | obstreperō | obstreperīs | |||
Vocative | obstrepere | obstrepera | obstreperum | obstreperī | obstreperae | obstrepera |
Synonyms
- (clamorous): clāmātōrius
Antonyms
- (clamorous, noisy): tranquillus
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: obstreperous
- → Scots: abstrakalous
- → Spanish: obstrépero
References
- “obstreperus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obstreperus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.