invitus

== Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inˈvitus/ Rhymes: -itus Syllabification: in‧vi‧tus === Verb === invitus conditional of inviti == Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain: Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *n̥-weyh₁-tos (“not turned to, not pursuing”), from *n̥- (“not, un-”) +‎ *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”). This derivation is preferred by De Vaan. Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *weḱ- (“to will”), thus "unwilling". In this case, cognate with Ancient Greek ἑκών (hekṓn), ἀέκων (aékōn); === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪnˈwiː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iɱˈviː.tus] === Adjective === invītus (feminine invīta, neuter invītum, superlative invītissimus); first/second-declension adjective unwilling, reluctant, against one’s will, in spite of me, without my consent Antonyms: intentus, prōmptus, intēnsus ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “invitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “invitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “invitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “invitus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 327 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ĭnvītus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 803