indignus

Ido

Verb

indignus

1. conditional of indignar

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ dignus (“worthy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈdiɡ.nus/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪŋnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈdiɲ.ɲus/, [in̪ˈd̪iɲːus]

Adjective

indignus (feminine indigna, neuter indignum, comparative indignior, superlative indignissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. unworthy of, undeserving of (with ablative)
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.17:

     Populi Romani maiestate et superioribus victoriis indigna

     Undeserving of the majesty and former victories of the Roman people

2. unbecoming
3. shameful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	indignus	indigna	indignum		indignī	indignae	indigna
genitive	indignī	indignae	indignī		indignōrum	indignārum	indignōrum
dative	indignō	indignae	indignō		indignīs
accusative	indignum	indignam	indignum		indignōs	indignās	indigna
ablative	indignō	indignā	indignō		indignīs
vocative	indigne	indigna	indignum		indignī	indignae	indigna

Antonyms

• dignus

Descendants

• Catalan: indigne
• → English: indign
• French: indigne
• Italian: indegno
• Portuguese: indigno
• Spanish: indigno, indigna

References

• “indignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “indignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• indignus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• indignus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be discontented, vexed at a thing; to chafe: aegre, graviter, moleste, indigne ferre aliquid
    
  • monstrous: o facinus indignum! (Ter. Andr. 1. 1. 118)
    
• Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.