incultus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪŋˈkʊɫ.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iŋˈkul.tus]

Etymology 1

in- +‎ cultus (perfect passive participle of colō).

Adjective

incultus (feminine inculta, neuter incultum, comparative incultior); first/second-declension adjective

1. untilled, uncultivated
2. neglected
3. unadorned, unpolished
   • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovidius, Tristia 1.1.3

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	incultus	inculta	incultum		incultī	incultae	inculta
genitive	incultī	incultae	incultī		incultōrum	incultārum	incultōrum
dative	incultō	incultae	incultō		incultīs
accusative	incultum	incultam	incultum		incultōs	incultās	inculta
ablative	incultō	incultā	incultō		incultīs
vocative	inculte	inculta	incultum		incultī	incultae	inculta

Descendants

• → Catalan: inculte
• → English: incult
• → French: inculte
  • → Romanian: incult
• Italian: incolto
• Portuguese: inculto
• Spanish: inculto

Etymology 2

in- +‎ cultus (“act or way of cultivating”, tu-derivation of colō).

Noun

incultus m (genitive incultūs); fourth declension

1. (rare) want of cultivation

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	incultus	incultūs
genitive	incultūs	incultuum
dative	incultuī	incultibus
accusative	incultum	incultūs
ablative	incultū	incultibus
vocative	incultus	incultūs

References

• “incultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “incultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “incultus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • uncultivated districts: loca inculta
    
• incultus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016