invitus

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invitus

1. conditional of inviti

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain:

• Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *n̥-weyh₁-tos (“not turned to, not pursuing”), from *n̥- (“not, un-”) +‎ *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”). This derivation is preferred by de Vaan.
• Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *weḱ- (“to will”), thus "unwilling". In this case, cognate with Ancient Greek ἑκών (hekṓn), ἀέκων (aékōn);

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈu̯iː.tus/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈvi.tus/,

Adjective

invītus (feminine invīta, neuter invītum, superlative invītissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. unwilling, reluctant, against one’s will, in spite of me, without my consent

   Antonyms: intentus, prōmptus, intēnsus

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.851–852:

     ōsculaque adplicuit positō suprēma feretrō
     atque ait ‘invītō frāter adēmptē, valē!’

     And he gave the final kisses, with the bier having been set down, and he said: ‘‘My brother, having been taken against my will, farewell!’’
     (Romulus and Remus: In Ovid’s version, Romulus grieves the death of Remus who has been killed by Celer (builder).)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

References

• “invitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “invitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• invitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “invitus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 327
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ĭnvītus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 803