immotus

Latin

Etymology

in- +‎ mōtus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈmoː.tus/, [ɪmˈmoːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈmo.tus/, [imˈmɔːt̪us]

Adjective

immōtus (feminine immōta, neuter immōtum); first/second-declension adjective

1. immovable, motionless
2. (figuratively) unmoved, unshaken, undisturbed, immovable, firm, fixed, secure, steadfast
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.448–449:

     [...] et magnō persentit pectore cūrās, / mēns immōta manet; lacrimae volvuntur inānēs.

     [Aeneas compared to an oak tree in the wind:] and [although] he feels troubled in his heart with the worst distress, his purpose remains steadfast; the tears are falling in vain.
     (The “lacrimae inanes” may be those of Dido, Anna, or even Aeneas himself, emotionally “shaken” — like the tree — yet stoically firm in his resolve.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	immōtus	immōta	immōtum		immōtī	immōtae	immōta
genitive	immōtī	immōtae	immōtī		immōtōrum	immōtārum	immōtōrum
dative	immōtō	immōtae	immōtō		immōtīs
accusative	immōtum	immōtam	immōtum		immōtōs	immōtās	immōta
ablative	immōtō	immōtā	immōtō		immōtīs
vocative	immōte	immōta	immōtum		immōtī	immōtae	immōta

Descendants

• Italian: immoto
• Portuguese: imoto
• Sicilian: mmotu
• Spanish: inmoto

References

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