irreprehensus

Latin

Alternative forms

• inreprehēnsus

Etymology

From in- (“not, un-”) +‎ reprehēnsus (participle of the verb reprehendō (“check, restrain; blame, rebuke”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ir.re.preˈhen.sus/, [ɪrːɛpreˈ(ɦ)ẽːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ir.re.preˈen.sus/, [irːepreˈɛnsus]

Adjective

irreprehēnsus (feminine irreprehēnsa, neuter irreprehēnsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (poetic) blameless, without blame
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.340:

     Ille per Aonias fama celeberrimus urbes
     inreprehensa dabat populo responsa petenti

     He, the most famous through the cities of Aonia,
     gave blameless answers to the people who sought them

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	irreprehēnsus	irreprehēnsa	irreprehēnsum		irreprehēnsī	irreprehēnsae	irreprehēnsa
genitive	irreprehēnsī	irreprehēnsae	irreprehēnsī		irreprehēnsōrum	irreprehēnsārum	irreprehēnsōrum
dative	irreprehēnsō	irreprehēnsae	irreprehēnsō		irreprehēnsīs
accusative	irreprehēnsum	irreprehēnsam	irreprehēnsum		irreprehēnsōs	irreprehēnsās	irreprehēnsa
ablative	irreprehēnsō	irreprehēnsā	irreprehēnsō		irreprehēnsīs
vocative	irreprehēnse	irreprehēnsa	irreprehēnsum		irreprehēnsī	irreprehēnsae	irreprehēnsa

Related terms

• prehendō

References

• “irreprehensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press