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Latin
Etymology
From in- + quiētus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inquiētus (feminine inquiēta, neuter inquiētum); first/second-declension adjective
- restless
397 CE – 400 CE,
Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis,
Cōnfessiōnēs 1.1:
- Tū excitās ut laudāre tē dēlectet, quia fēcistī nōs ad tē et inquiētum est cor nostrum dōnec requiēscat in tē.
- You rouse so that he delights to praise you, because you have made us towards you and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
- unquiet
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “inquietus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inquietus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inquietus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.