adiaphoros

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἀδιάφορος (adiáphoros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.diˈa.pʰo.ros/, [äd̪iˈäpʰɔrɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.diˈa.fo.ros/, [äd̪iˈäːforos]

Adjective

adiaphoros (neuter adiaphoron); second-declension adjective (feminine forms identical to masculine forms, Greek-type)

1. indifferent

   nec dolēre adiaphoron esse

   neither to lament nor to be indifferent

Declension

Second-declension adjective (feminine forms identical to masculine forms, Greek-type).

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	adiaphoros	adiaphoron		adiaphoroe	adiaphora
genitive	adiaphorī			adiaphorōrum
dative	adiaphorō			adiaphorīs
accusative	adiaphoron			adiaphorōs	adiaphora
ablative	adiaphorō			adiaphorīs
vocative	adiaphore	adiaphoron		adiaphoroe	adiaphora

Related terms

• adiaphorismus
• adiaphorista
• adiaphoristicus

References

• “ădĭăphŏros, on”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press