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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“un-”) + certus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
incertus (feminine incerta, neuter incertum, comparative incertior, superlative incertissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- uncertain, doubtful, not sure, unsure
- Synonyms: dubius, suspensus, vagus, anceps
- Antonyms: certus, prōmptus, indubius, fixus
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.110:
- “Sed fātīs incerta feror, .”
- “But I, being subject to the fates, am uncertain .”
- pater semper incertus est — the father is always uncertain
- incertam securim — an axe not surely aimed
- not knowing, doubting (said of persons)
- not known, obscure (said of things)
- hesitant, hesitating, irresolute, undecided
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
Noun
incertus m (genitive incertī); second declension
- uncertainty
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “incertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- incertus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I am undecided..: incertus sum, quid consilii capiam
- (ambiguous) to leave a thing undecided: aliquid dubium, incertum relinquere