impensus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === inpēnsus === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of impendō (“weigh out, expend”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪmˈpẽː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [imˈpɛn.sus] === Adjective === impēnsus (feminine impēnsa, neuter impēnsum, comparative impēnsior, adverb impēnsē); first/second-declension participle considerable, great Synonyms: immēnsus, vāstus, ingēns, immānis costly, expensive Synonyms: pretiōsus, cārus, dīves, antīquus Antonym: vīlis earnest ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. comparative impēnsior, superlative impēnsissimus ==== Derived terms ==== impēnsē === References === “impensus (inp-)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “impensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “impensus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.