incolumis

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“un-”) +‎ unattested *calamis (“damaged”). See calamitās (“loss, damage”). Schrijver suggests that incolumis developed instead of expected **incolimis as *-al- developed into *-ol- due the influence of vowel weakening and coloring by the velar l.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪŋˈkɔ.ɫʊ.mɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iŋˈkɔː.lu.mis]

Adjective

incolumis (neuter incolume); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. unimpaired, uninjured, unharmed, unhurt, unscathed

   Synonyms: saluber, salvus, sanus, integer, intactus, validus, sospes, sollus, innoxius

   Antonyms: aeger, languidus

2. safe, safe and sound

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	incolumis	incolume		incolumēs	incolumia
genitive	incolumis			incolumium
dative	incolumī			incolumibus
accusative	incolumem	incolume		incolumīs incolumēs	incolumia
ablative	incolumī			incolumibus
vocative	incolumis	incolume		incolumēs	incolumia

Derived terms

• incolumitās

Descendants

• → Catalan: incòlume
• → Galician: incólume
• → Italian: incolume
• → Portuguese: incólume
• → Spanish: incólume

References

• “incolumis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “incolumis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “incolumis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to grant a man his life: aliquem (incolumem) conservare