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agrestis

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Latin

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Etymology

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For *agrestris, from ager (field, farm) +‎ -estris (located, dwelling in).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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agrestis (neuter agreste); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to land, fields or the countryside; rural, rustic, wild.
  2. Clownish, rude, uncultivated, coarse, savage, barbarous; brutish, wild.

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative agrestis agreste agrestēs agrestia
genitive agrestis agrestium
dative agrestī agrestibus
accusative agrestem agreste agrestēs
agrestīs
agrestia
ablative agrestī agrestibus
vocative agrestis agreste agrestēs agrestia

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: agrestic
  • French: agreste
  • Italian: agreste
  • Old Polish: agrest (learned)
  • Portuguese: agreste
  • Sardinian: aresti
  • Spanish: agreste

References

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  • agrestis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • agrestis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • agrestis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber