imprudens

Latin

Alternative forms

• inprūdēns

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈpruː.dens/, [ɪmˈpruːd̪ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈpru.dens/, [imˈpruːd̪ens]

Adjective

imprūdēns (genitive imprūdentis, adverb imprūdenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. ignorant of
2. unaware
3. inadvertent, imprudent
4. unintentional, unsuspecting
5. foolish, unthinking

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	imprūdēns			imprūdentēs	imprūdentia
genitive	imprūdentis			imprūdentium
dative	imprūdentī			imprūdentibus
accusative	imprūdentem	imprūdēns		imprūdentēs	imprūdentia
ablative	imprūdentī			imprūdentibus
vocative	imprūdēns			imprūdentēs	imprūdentia

References

• “imprudens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “imprudens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imprudens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • designedly; intentionally: de industria, dedita opera (opp. imprudens)
    
  • to surprise and defeat the enemy: opprimere hostes (imprudentes, incautos, inopinantes)