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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“un-”) + salūbris (“healthy, wholesome”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
īnsalūbris (neuter īnsalūbre, comparative insalūbrius, superlative insalūberrimus, adverb insalūbriter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- unwholesome, insalubrious
- unhealthy
- unserviceable, useless
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
References
- “insalubris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insalubris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers