irreprehensibilis

Latin

Etymology

From irreprehēnsus, from in- (“not”) and reprehendō (“I blame”) + -ibilis, suffix indicating an ability to be.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ir.re.pre.henˈsi.bi.lis/, [ɪrːɛpre(ɦ)ẽːˈs̠ɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ir.re.pre.enˈsi.bi.lis/, [irːepreːnˈsiːbilis]

Adjective

irreprehēnsibilis (neuter irreprehēnsibile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. irreprehensible, not blameworthy, irreproachable, not liable to reproof or blame

   Locus iste a deo factus est.

   Inaestimabile sacramentum,

   irreprehensibilis est.

   This is the Lord's house, which He hath made.

   Profoundly sacred,

   it is beyond reproof.

Declension

• Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	irreprehēnsibilis	irreprehēnsibile		irreprehēnsibilēs	irreprehēnsibilia
genitive	irreprehēnsibilis			irreprehēnsibilium
dative	irreprehēnsibilī			irreprehēnsibilibus
accusative	irreprehēnsibilem	irreprehēnsibile		irreprehēnsibilēs irreprehēnsibilīs	irreprehēnsibilia
ablative	irreprehēnsibilī			irreprehēnsibilibus
vocative	irreprehēnsibilis	irreprehēnsibile		irreprehēnsibilēs	irreprehēnsibilia

Related terms

• irreprehēnsibiliter
• irreprehēnsus

Descendants

• → English: irreprehensible
• Italian: irreprensibile

References

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