intrepidus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *trep-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin trepidus

Latin intrepidus

From in- + trepidus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈtrɛ.pɪ.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈtrɛː.pi.dus]

Adjective

intrepidus (feminine intrepida, neuter intrepidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. fearless, unshaken, undaunted, intrepid

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	intrepidus	intrepida	intrepidum		intrepidī	intrepidae	intrepida
genitive	intrepidī	intrepidae	intrepidī		intrepidōrum	intrepidārum	intrepidōrum
dative	intrepidō	intrepidae	intrepidō		intrepidīs
accusative	intrepidum	intrepidam	intrepidum		intrepidōs	intrepidās	intrepida
ablative	intrepidō	intrepidā	intrepidō		intrepidīs
vocative	intrepide	intrepida	intrepidum		intrepidī	intrepidae	intrepida

Descendants

• → Catalan: intrèpid
• → French: intrépide
  • → English: intrepid
• → Galician: intrépido
• → Italian: intrepido
• → Portuguese: intrépido
• → Spanish: intrépido

References

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