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incertus
incertus
Latin
Adjective
incertus m (feminine incerta, neuter incertum); first/second declension
- uncertain, doubtful, not sure
- pater semper incertus est — the father is always uncertain
- incertam securim — not surely aimed
- not knowing, doubting (said of persons)
- not known, obscure (said of things)
- hesitant, hesitating, irresolute, undecided
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | incertus | incerta | incertum | incertī | incertae | incerta | |
genitive | incertī | incertae | incertī | incertōrum | incertārum | incertōrum | |
dative | incertō | incertō | incertīs | ||||
accusative | incertum | incertam | incertum | incertōs | incertās | incerta | |
ablative | incertō | incertā | incertō | incertīs | |||
vocative | incerte | incerta | incertum | incertī | incertae | incerta |
- comparative: incertior, superlative: incertissimus
Noun
incertus m
Derived terms
References
- incertus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- incertus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “incertus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I am undecided..: incertus sum, quid consilii capiam
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(ambiguous) to leave a thing undecided: aliquid dubium, incertum relinquere
- I am undecided..: incertus sum, quid consilii capiam