obstreperus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From obstrepō (“roar, resound; clamor; annoy; make a noise against”) + -us. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /obˈstre.pe.rus/, [ɔpˈs̠t̪rɛpɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈstre.pe.rus/, [obˈst̪rɛːperus]
Adjective
[edit]obstreperus (feminine obstrepera, neuter obstreperum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | obstreperus | obstrepera | obstreperum | obstreperī | obstreperae | obstrepera | |
Genitive | obstreperī | obstreperae | obstreperī | obstreperōrum | obstreperārum | obstreperōrum | |
Dative | obstreperō | obstreperō | obstreperīs | ||||
Accusative | obstreperum | obstreperam | obstreperum | obstreperōs | obstreperās | obstrepera | |
Ablative | obstreperō | obstreperā | obstreperō | obstreperīs | |||
Vocative | obstrepere | obstrepera | obstreperum | obstreperī | obstreperae | obstrepera |
Synonyms
[edit]- (clamorous): clāmātōrius
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “clamorous, noisy”): tranquillus
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: obstreperous
- → Scots: abstrakalous
- → Spanish: obstrépero
References
[edit]- “obstreperus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obstreperus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.