incertus

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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

  1. 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 estthe father is always uncertain
    incertam securiman axe not surely aimed
  2. not knowing, doubting (said of persons)
  3. not known, obscure (said of things)
  4. hesitant, hesitating, irresolute, undecided

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative incertus incerta incertum incertī incertae incerta
genitive incertī incertae incertī incertōrum incertārum incertōrum
dative incertō incertae incertō incertīs
accusative incertum incertam incertum incertōs incertās incerta
ablative incertō incertā incertō incertīs
vocative incerte incerta incertum incertī incertae incerta

Descendants

  • Translingual: incertae sedis

Noun

incertus m (genitive incertī); second declension

  1. 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