agrestis

Latin

Etymology

For *agrestris, from ager (“field, farm”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈɡres.tis/, [aˈɡrɛs.tɪs]

Adjective

agrestis (neuter agreste); third declension

  1. Of or pertaining to land, fields or the countryside; rural, rustic, wild.
  2. Clownish, rude, uncultivated, coarse, savage, barbarous; brutish, wild.

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative agrestis agreste agrestēs agrestia
Genitive agrestis agrestis agrestium agrestium
Dative agrestī agrestī agrestibus agrestibus
Accusative agrestem agreste agrestēs, agrestīs agrestia
Ablative agrestī agrestī agrestibus agrestibus
Vocative agrestis agreste agrestēs agrestia

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • semiagrestis
  • subagrestis
Related terms

Descendants

References
  • agrestis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • agrestis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • agrestis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber
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