improvidus

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ prōvidus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

imprōvidus (feminine imprōvida, neuter imprōvidum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. not looking before
  2. improvident
  3. sudden
  4. unsuspecting, blinded
  5. unprepared
    • Vergil, Aeneis II, 200:
      Hīc aliud maius miserīs multōque tremendum obicitur magis atque imprōvida pectora turbat.
      Then something greater and more terrible befalls us wretches, and stirs our unsuspecting souls.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative imprōvidus imprōvida imprōvidum imprōvidī imprōvidae imprōvida
Genitive imprōvidī imprōvidae imprōvidī imprōvidōrum imprōvidārum imprōvidōrum
Dative imprōvidō imprōvidō imprōvidīs
Accusative imprōvidum imprōvidam imprōvidum imprōvidōs imprōvidās imprōvida
Ablative imprōvidō imprōvidā imprōvidō imprōvidīs
Vocative imprōvide imprōvida imprōvidum imprōvidī imprōvidae imprōvida

Descendants
  • Italian: improvvido

References
  • “improvidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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