insipidus

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ sapidus, from in- +‎ sapiō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈsi.pi.dus/, [ĩːˈs̠ɪpɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈsi.pi.dus/, [inˈsiːpid̪us]

Adjective

īnsipidus (feminine īnsipida, neuter īnsipidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. tasteless
2. unsavoury, unpalatable
3. dull

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īnsipidus	īnsipida	īnsipidum		īnsipidī	īnsipidae	īnsipida
Genitive	īnsipidī	īnsipidae	īnsipidī		īnsipidōrum	īnsipidārum	īnsipidōrum
Dative	īnsipidō		īnsipidō		īnsipidīs
Accusative	īnsipidum	īnsipidam	īnsipidum		īnsipidōs	īnsipidās	īnsipida
Ablative	īnsipidō	īnsipidā	īnsipidō		īnsipidīs
Vocative	īnsipide	īnsipida	īnsipidum		īnsipidī	īnsipidae	īnsipida

Derived terms

• īnsipiditās

Descendants

• Sicilian: nzìpitu
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *exsipidus
  • Italian: scìpido (archaic), scipìto
  • Sicilian: scìpitu
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *exsapidus
    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: sciapido, sciapito (Tuscan); sciapo
        • → Sardinian: sciàpidu
    • Ibero-Romance:
      • Aragonese: jauto, jaudo, xauto
      • Ladino: shavdo, shevdo
      • Portuguese: enxabido
      • Spanish: enjabido
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: insípid
  • → English: insipid
  • → French: insipide
  • → Galician: insípido
  • → Italian: insipido
  • → Portuguese: insípido
  • → Romanian: insipid
  • → Spanish: insípido

References

• “insipidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• insipidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “insipidus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC