irreverens

Latin

Alternative forms

• inreverēns

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Latin reverēns

Latin irreverēns

From in- + reverēns.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪrˈrɛ.wɛ.rẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [irˈrɛː.ve.rens]

Adjective

irreverēns (genitive irreverentis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. disrespectful, irreverent

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	irreverēns			irreverentēs	irreverentia
genitive	irreverentis			irreverentium
dative	irreverentī			irreverentibus
accusative	irreverentem	irreverēns		irreverentīs irreverentēs	irreverentia
ablative	irreverentī irreverente			irreverentibus
vocative	irreverēns			irreverentēs	irreverentia

Descendants

• Catalan: irreverent
• → French: irrévérent (learned)
• Galician: irreverente
• Italian: irriverente
• Portuguese: irreverente
• Spanish: irreverente

References

• “irreverens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "irreverens", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “irreverens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.