impersonalis

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“not”) +‎ persōnālis (“personal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.per.soːˈnaː.lis/, [ɪmpɛrs̠oːˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.per.soˈna.lis/, [impersoˈnäːlis]

Adjective

impersōnālis (neuter impersōnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (Late Latin and after, grammar) impersonal
   • 4th c. CE, Donatus, Ars Minor :

     Verbo impersonali tempore praesenti legitur, praeterito imperfecto legebatur, praeterito perfecto lectum est uel lectum fuit, praeterito plusquamperfecto lectum erat uel lectum fuerat, futuro legetur.

     A verb in the impersonal is in the present tense legitur, in the preterite imperfect legēbātur, in the preterite perfect lēctum est or lēctum fuit, in the preterite pluperfect lēctum erat or lēctum fuerat, in the future legētur.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	impersōnālis	impersōnāle		impersōnālēs	impersōnālia
genitive	impersōnālis			impersōnālium
dative	impersōnālī			impersōnālibus
accusative	impersōnālem	impersōnāle		impersōnālēs impersōnālīs	impersōnālia
ablative	impersōnālī			impersōnālibus
vocative	impersōnālis	impersōnāle		impersōnālēs	impersōnālia

Descendants

• Catalan: impersonal
• French: impersonnel
• Galician: impersoal
• Italian: impersonale
• Piedmontese: impërsonal
• Portuguese: impessoal
• Romanian: impersonal
• Spanish: impersonal

References

• “impersonalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• impersonalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.