insultus

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Verb

insultus

  1. conditional of insulti

Ido

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Verb

insultus

  1. conditional of insultar

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin action noun of īnsiliō.

Pronunciation

Noun

īnsultus m (genitive īnsultūs); fourth declension

  1. a scoffing, reviling, insult

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative īnsultus īnsultūs
genitive īnsultūs īnsultuum
dative īnsultuī īnsultibus
accusative īnsultum īnsultūs
ablative īnsultū īnsultibus
vocative īnsultus īnsultūs

Descendants

  • English: insult
  • Galician: insulto
  • Italian: insulto
  • Portuguese: insulto
  • Russian: инсульт (insulʹt)
  • Spanish: insulto

References

  • insultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • insultus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • insultus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016