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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
For *imbeccillus, from in- + bacillus, as if "without support, feeble", but Century Dictionary and De Vaan find it "improbable" and "far-fetched".
Pronunciation
Adjective
imbēcillus (feminine imbēcilla, neuter imbēcillum, comparative imbēcillior); first/second-declension adjective
- weak, feeble
- Synonyms: dēbilis, īnfirmus, ēnervis
- Antonyms: praevalēns, fortis, validus, strēnuus, compos
- cowardly
- Antonym: fortis
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “imbecillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “imbecillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- imbecillus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- imbecillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag