infidelis

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ fidēlis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩː.fɪˈdeː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱ.fiˈd̪ɛː.lis]

Adjective

īnfidēlis (neuter īnfidēle, comparative īnfidēlior, adverb īnfidēliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. unfaithful
2. treacherous, disloyal
3. unbelieving, infidel

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	īnfidēlis	īnfidēle		īnfidēlēs	īnfidēlia
genitive	īnfidēlis			īnfidēlium
dative	īnfidēlī			īnfidēlibus
accusative	īnfidēlem	īnfidēle		īnfidēlīs īnfidēlēs	īnfidēlia
ablative	īnfidēlī			īnfidēlibus
vocative	īnfidēlis	īnfidēle		īnfidēlēs	īnfidēlia

Descendants

• → French: infidèle

References

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