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Latin
Etymology
From im- + perfectus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
imperfectus (feminine imperfecta, neuter imperfectum, comparative imperfectior); first/second-declension adjective
- unfinished, incomplete
- Synonyms: incohātus, īnfectus
- Antonyms: complētus, absolūtus, perfectus, factus, dēfūnctus
- imperfect
- (grammar) imperfect
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “imperfectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “imperfectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- imperfectus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- imperfectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- imperfectus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016