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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“not”) + persōnālis (“personal”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
impersōnālis (neuter impersōnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (Late Latin and after, grammar) impersonal
4th c. CE, Donatus,
Ars Minor :
- Verbo impersonali tempore praesenti legitur, praeterito imperfecto legebatur, praeterito perfecto lectum est uel lectum fuit, praeterito plusquamperfecto lectum erat uel lectum fuerat, futuro legetur.
- A verb in the impersonal is in the present tense legitur, in the preterite imperfect legēbātur, in the preterite perfect lēctum est or lēctum fuit, in the preterite pluperfect lēctum erat or lēctum fuerat, in the future legētur.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
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