sincerus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sem- (confer Latin simplex, and Sanskrit सम (sama, “whole, together”)) and *ḱer- (“grow”) (confer Sanskrit किर् (kir, “pour out”)). According to De Vann, the second part of the compound derives from the unattested adjective *caerus found in the first part of caerimōnia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sinˈkeː.rus/, [s̠ɪŋˈkeːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sinˈt͡ʃe.rus/, [sin̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛːrus]

Adjective

sincērus (feminine sincēra, neuter sincērum, comparative sincērior, adverb sincērē or sincēriter); first/second-declension adjective

1. clean, pure, sound.
2. uninjured, whole.
3. real, natural.
4. genuine, sincere.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sincērus	sincēra	sincērum		sincērī	sincērae	sincēra
Genitive	sincērī	sincērae	sincērī		sincērōrum	sincērārum	sincērōrum
Dative	sincērō		sincērō		sincērīs
Accusative	sincērum	sincēram	sincērum		sincērōs	sincērās	sincēra
Ablative	sincērō	sincērā	sincērō		sincērīs
Vocative	sincēre	sincēra	sincērum		sincērī	sincērae	sincēra

Related terms

• sincēritās

Descendants

• Albanian: sinqertë
• Catalan: sincer, sencer
• English: sincere
• French: sincère
• Italian: sincero

• Portuguese: sincero
• Romanian: sincer
• Spanish: cenero, sincero

References

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