imperfectus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin im-

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Proto-Italic *peri-

Latin per-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Latin perficiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin perfectus

Latin imperfectus

From im- + perfectus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪm.pɛrˈfɛk.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [im.perˈfɛk.tus]

Adjective

imperfectus (feminine imperfecta, neuter imperfectum, comparative imperfectior); first/second-declension adjective

1. unfinished, incomplete

   Synonyms: incohātus, īnfectus

   Antonyms: complētus, absolūtus, perfectus, factus, dēfūnctus

2. imperfect
3. (grammar) imperfect

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	imperfectus	imperfecta	imperfectum		imperfectī	imperfectae	imperfecta
genitive	imperfectī	imperfectae	imperfectī		imperfectōrum	imperfectārum	imperfectōrum
dative	imperfectō	imperfectae	imperfectō		imperfectīs
accusative	imperfectum	imperfectam	imperfectum		imperfectōs	imperfectās	imperfecta
ablative	imperfectō	imperfectā	imperfectō		imperfectīs
vocative	imperfecte	imperfecta	imperfectum		imperfectī	imperfectae	imperfecta

Descendants

• Catalan: imperfecte
• French: imparfait
• Galician: imperfecto
• Italian: imperfetto
• Piedmontese: imperfet
• Portuguese: imperfeito
• Spanish: imperfecto

References

• “imperfectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “imperfectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "imperfectus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “imperfectus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• imperfectus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016