insectus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of īnsecō (“cut up or into”).

Participle

īnsectus m (feminine īnsecta, neuter īnsectum); first/second declension

  1. cut up or into, having been cut up or into; incised, dissected
Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īnsectus īnsecta īnsectum īnsectī īnsectae īnsecta
Genitive īnsectī īnsectae īnsectī īnsectōrum īnsectārum īnsectōrum
Dative īnsectō īnsectō īnsectīs
Accusative īnsectum īnsectam īnsectum īnsectōs īnsectās īnsecta
Ablative īnsectō īnsectā īnsectō īnsectīs
Vocative īnsecte īnsecta īnsectum īnsectī īnsectae īnsecta

Etymology 2

From in (“without, not”) + sectus (“cut; cleaved, divided”).

Adjective

īnsectus (feminine īnsecta, neuter īnsectum); first/second declension

  1. Not cut, uncut.
  2. Not cleaved or divided, uncleaved, undivided
Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īnsectus īnsecta īnsectum īnsectī īnsectae īnsecta
Genitive īnsectī īnsectae īnsectī īnsectōrum īnsectārum īnsectōrum
Dative īnsectō īnsectō īnsectīs
Accusative īnsectum īnsectam īnsectum īnsectōs īnsectās īnsecta
Ablative īnsectō īnsectā īnsectō īnsectīs
Vocative īnsecte īnsecta īnsectum īnsectī īnsectae īnsecta

Descendants

References
  • insectus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • insectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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