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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of impendō (“weigh out, expend”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
impēnsus (feminine impēnsa, neuter impēnsum, comparative impēnsior, adverb impēnsē); first/second-declension participle
- considerable, great
- Synonyms: immēnsus, vāstus, ingēns, immānis
- costly, expensive
- Synonyms: pretiōsus, cārus, dīves, antīquus
- Antonym: vīlis
- earnest
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
References
- “impensus (inp-)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.