inofficiosus

Latin

Etymology

From in- + officiōsus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /i.nof.fi.kiˈoː.sus/, [ɪ.nɔf.fɪ.kɪˈoː.sʊs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.nof.fi.t͡ʃiˈo.sus/, [i.nof.fi.t͡ʃiˈoː.sus]

Adjective

inofficiōsus (feminine inofficiōsa, neuter inofficiōsum); first/second declension

  1. undutiful, inofficious
    1. in general:
      1. not observant of his duty, undutiful
        hūmāna gēns inofficiōsa Deī
        the human race fails in its duty to God
        lībertus inofficiōsus patrōnō
        the freedman is undutiful toward his patron
      2. (of a thing) contrary to one’s duty
        testāmentum inofficiōsum
        a will in which nothing is left to, or which adversely affects, one’s nearest relatives, children, etc.
    2. (in particular) not obliging, disobliging
  2. (Medieval Latin, of a charter or deed) null and void

Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative inofficiōsus inofficiōsa inofficiōsum inofficiōsī inofficiōsae inofficiōsa
Genitive inofficiōsī inofficiōsae inofficiōsī inofficiōsōrum inofficiōsārum inofficiōsōrum
Dative inofficiōsō inofficiōsō inofficiōsīs
Accusative inofficiōsum inofficiōsam inofficiōsum inofficiōsōs inofficiōsās inofficiōsa
Ablative inofficiōsō inofficiōsā inofficiōsō inofficiōsīs
Vocative inofficiōse inofficiōsa inofficiōsum inofficiōsī inofficiōsae inofficiōsa

Derived terms

  • inofficiōsitās

Descendants

References

  • ĭnoffĭcĭōsus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inofficiosus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inofficiosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • ĭnoffĭcĭōsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 824/3
  • Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 540/2, “inofficiosus”
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