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Latin
Etymology
in- + mōtus
Pronunciation
Adjective
immōtus (feminine immōta, neuter immōtum); first/second-declension adjective
- immovable, motionless
- (figuratively) unmoved, unshaken, undisturbed, immovable, firm, fixed, secure, steadfast
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.448–449:
- et magnō persentit pectore cūrās, / mēns immōta manet; lacrimae volvuntur inānēs.
- and he feels troubled in his heart with the worst distress, his purpose remains steadfast; the tears are falling in vain.
(The “lacrimae inanes” may be those of Dido, Anna, or even Aeneas himself, emotionally “shaken” — like the tree — yet stoically firm in his resolve.)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “immotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “immotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- immotus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.