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Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
imprūdēns (genitive imprūdentis, adverb imprūdenter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- ignorant of
- unaware
- inadvertent, imprudent
- unintentional, unsuspecting
- foolish, unthinking
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
References
- “imprudens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “imprudens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- imprudens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- designedly; intentionally: de industria, dedita opera (opp. imprudens)
- to surprise and defeat the enemy: opprimere hostes (imprudentes, incautos, inopinantes)