ingratus

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“not”) +‎ grātus (“pleasing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈɡraː.tus/, [ɪŋˈɡräːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈɡra.tus/, [iŋˈɡräːt̪us]

Adjective

ingrātus (feminine ingrāta, neuter ingrātum, superlative ingrātissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. unpleasant, disagreeable

   Antonyms: peramoenus, iūcundus, commodus

2. thankless
3. ungrateful
4. fruitless, unsuccessful, sterile.

   Synonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus, gratuitus, irritus, infelix

   Antonyms: opportūnus, commodus, habilis, idōneus, conveniēns, ūtilis, ūtēnsilis, aptus, salūber

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ingrātus	ingrāta	ingrātum		ingrātī	ingrātae	ingrāta
genitive	ingrātī	ingrātae	ingrātī		ingrātōrum	ingrātārum	ingrātōrum
dative	ingrātō	ingrātae	ingrātō		ingrātīs
accusative	ingrātum	ingrātam	ingrātum		ingrātōs	ingrātās	ingrāta
ablative	ingrātō	ingrātā	ingrātō		ingrātīs
vocative	ingrāte	ingrāta	ingrātum		ingrātī	ingrātae	ingrāta

Descendants

• Albanian: ngratë
• English: ingrate
• French: ingrat, ingrate
• Italian: ingrato
• Portuguese: ingrato
• Sicilian: ncratu
• Romanian: ingrat
• Spanish: ingrato, ingrato

References

• “ingratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ingratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ingratus 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)
• ingratus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• ingratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • gratitude: gratus (opp. ingratus) animus
    
  • a good harvest: messis opīma (opp. ingrata)
    
• “ingratus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ingratus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin