improvidus

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ prōvidus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈproː.u̯i.dus/, [ɪmˈproːu̯ɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈpro.vi.dus/, [imˈprɔːvid̪us]

Adjective

imprōvidus (feminine imprōvida, neuter imprōvidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. not looking before
2. improvident
3. sudden
4. unsuspecting, blinded
5. unprepared
   • Vergil, Aeneis II, 200:

     Hīc aliud maius miserīs multōque tremendum obicitur magis atque imprōvida pectora turbat.

     Then something greater and more terrible befalls us wretches, and stirs our unsuspecting souls.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	imprōvidus	imprōvida	imprōvidum		imprōvidī	imprōvidae	imprōvida
genitive	imprōvidī	imprōvidae	imprōvidī		imprōvidōrum	imprōvidārum	imprōvidōrum
dative	imprōvidō	imprōvidae	imprōvidō		imprōvidīs
accusative	imprōvidum	imprōvidam	imprōvidum		imprōvidōs	imprōvidās	imprōvida
ablative	imprōvidō	imprōvidā	imprōvidō		imprōvidīs
vocative	imprōvide	imprōvida	imprōvidum		imprōvidī	imprōvidae	imprōvida

Descendants

• Italian: improvvido

References

• “improvidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers