insulsus

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“not”) +‎ salsus (“salted, witty”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈsul.sus/, [ĩːˈs̠ʊɫ̪s̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈsul.sus/, [inˈsulsus]

Adjective

īnsulsus (feminine īnsulsa, neuter īnsulsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. unsalted, flavorless
2. (figuratively) bungling, awkward
3. (figuratively) insipid, tasteless, absurd

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īnsulsus	īnsulsa	īnsulsum		īnsulsī	īnsulsae	īnsulsa
Genitive	īnsulsī	īnsulsae	īnsulsī		īnsulsōrum	īnsulsārum	īnsulsōrum
Dative	īnsulsō		īnsulsō		īnsulsīs
Accusative	īnsulsum	īnsulsam	īnsulsum		īnsulsōs	īnsulsās	īnsulsa
Ablative	īnsulsō	īnsulsā	īnsulsō		īnsulsīs
Vocative	īnsulse	īnsulsa	īnsulsum		īnsulsī	īnsulsae	īnsulsa

Derived terms

• īnsulsae
• īnsulsē
• īnsulsitās

Descendants

• Italian: insulso
• Portuguese: insosso, insonso, insulso
• Spanish: insulso, soso

References

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