importunus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === inportūnus === Etymology === From in- (“not”) +‎ portus +‎ -nus. From Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). From *per- (“to fare”) + *-tus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪm.pɔrˈtuː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [im.porˈtuː.nus] === Adjective === importūnus (feminine importūna, neuter importūnum, comparative importūnior, superlative importūnissimus); first/second-declension adjective inconvenient, unsuitable annoying rude ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Antonyms ==== opportūnus ==== Derived terms ==== importūnitās ==== Descendants ==== === References === “importunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “importunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "importunus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “importunus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.