imbecillus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === imbēcillis, inbēcillis, inbēcillus === Etymology === For *imbeccillus, from in- +‎ bacillus, as if "without support, feeble", but Century Dictionary and De Vaan find it "improbable" and "far-fetched". === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪm.beːˈkɪl.lʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [im.beˈt͡ʃil.lus] === Adjective === imbēcillus (feminine imbēcilla, neuter imbēcillum, comparative imbēcillior); first/second-declension adjective weak, feeble Synonyms: dēbilis, īnfirmus, ēnervis Antonyms: praevalēns, fortis, validus, strēnuus, compos See imbecillior for a quote from Cicero. cowardly Antonym: fortis ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “imbecillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “imbecillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers imbecillus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication “imbecillus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bak-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 93