nutabundus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]nūtō (“sway, stagger, totter”) + -bundus
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /nuː.taːˈbun.dus/, [nuːt̪äːˈbʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nu.taˈbun.dus/, [nut̪äˈbun̪d̪us]
Adjective
[edit]nūtābundus (feminine nūtābunda, neuter nūtābundum); first/second-declension adjective (post-classical)
- tottering, staggering
- Synonym: quassābundus
- vacillating, uncertain
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | nūtābundus | nūtābunda | nūtābundum | nūtābundī | nūtābundae | nūtābunda | |
| genitive | nūtābundī | nūtābundae | nūtābundī | nūtābundōrum | nūtābundārum | nūtābundōrum | |
| dative | nūtābundō | nūtābundae | nūtābundō | nūtābundīs | |||
| accusative | nūtābundum | nūtābundam | nūtābundum | nūtābundōs | nūtābundās | nūtābunda | |
| ablative | nūtābundō | nūtābundā | nūtābundō | nūtābundīs | |||
| vocative | nūtābunde | nūtābunda | nūtābundum | nūtābundī | nūtābundae | nūtābunda | |
References
[edit]- “nutabundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nutabundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.