insectus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of īnsecō (“cut up or into”).

Participle

īnsectus (feminine īnsecta, neuter īnsectum); first/second-declension participle

1. cut up or into, having been cut up or into; incised, dissected

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īnsectus	īnsecta	īnsectum		īnsectī	īnsectae	īnsecta
Genitive	īnsectī	īnsectae	īnsectī		īnsectōrum	īnsectārum	īnsectōrum
Dative	īnsectō		īnsectō		īnsectīs
Accusative	īnsectum	īnsectam	īnsectum		īnsectōs	īnsectās	īnsecta
Ablative	īnsectō	īnsectā	īnsectō		īnsectīs
Vocative	īnsecte	īnsecta	īnsectum		īnsectī	īnsectae	īnsecta

Etymology 2

From in (“without, not”) + sectus (“cut; cleaved, divided”).

Adjective

īnsectus (feminine īnsecta, neuter īnsectum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Not cut, uncut.
2. Not cleaved or divided, uncleaved, undivided

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īnsectus	īnsecta	īnsectum		īnsectī	īnsectae	īnsecta
Genitive	īnsectī	īnsectae	īnsectī		īnsectōrum	īnsectārum	īnsectōrum
Dative	īnsectō		īnsectō		īnsectīs
Accusative	īnsectum	īnsectam	īnsectum		īnsectōs	īnsectās	īnsecta
Ablative	īnsectō	īnsectā	īnsectō		īnsectīs
Vocative	īnsecte	īnsecta	īnsectum		īnsectī	īnsectae	īnsecta

Descendants

• Catalan: insecte
• Corsican: insettu
• English: insect
• French: insecte
• Galician: insecto
• Italian: insetto

• Portuguese: inseto
• Romanian: insectă
• Sicilian: nzettu
• Spanish: insecto

References

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