insectus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of īnsecō (“cut up or into”).

Participle

īnsectus (feminine īnsecta, neuter īnsectum); first/second-declension participle

  1. cut up or into, having been cut up or into; incised, dissected
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īnsectus īnsecta īnsectum īnsectī īnsectae īnsecta
Genitive īnsectī īnsectae īnsectī īnsectōrum īnsectārum īnsectōrum
Dative īnsectō īnsectō īnsectīs
Accusative īnsectum īnsectam īnsectum īnsectōs īnsectās īnsecta
Ablative īnsectō īnsectā īnsectō īnsectīs
Vocative īnsecte īnsecta īnsectum īnsectī īnsectae īnsecta

Etymology 2

From in (“without, not”) + sectus (“cut; cleaved, divided”).

Adjective

īnsectus (feminine īnsecta, neuter īnsectum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Not cut, uncut.
  2. Not cleaved or divided, uncleaved, undivided
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īnsectus īnsecta īnsectum īnsectī īnsectae īnsecta
Genitive īnsectī īnsectae īnsectī īnsectōrum īnsectārum īnsectōrum
Dative īnsectō īnsectō īnsectīs
Accusative īnsectum īnsectam īnsectum īnsectōs īnsectās īnsecta
Ablative īnsectō īnsectā īnsectō īnsectīs
Vocative īnsecte īnsecta īnsectum īnsectī īnsectae īnsecta
Descendants

References
  • “insectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “insectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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