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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“un-”) + unattested *calamis ("damaged"). See calamitas.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
incolumis (neuter incolume); third-declension two-termination adjective
- unimpaired, uninjured, unharmed, unhurt, unscathed
- Synonyms: saluber, salvus, sanus, integer, intactus, validus, sospes, sollus, innoxius
- Antonyms: aeger, languidus
- safe, safe and sound
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “incolumis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incolumis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- incolumis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to grant a man his life: aliquem (incolumem) conservare
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN