promiscuus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === prōmiscus === Etymology === From prō- + misceō (“mix”) + -uus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proːˈmɪs.ku.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈmis.ku.us] === Adjective === prōmiscuus (feminine prōmiscua, neuter prōmiscuum, adverb prōmiscuē); first/second-declension adjective not separate or distinct, mixed; mutual, shared indiscriminate, promiscuous (grammar) epicene common, usual, general ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== prōmiscam prōmiscē prōmiscuē ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “promiscuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “promiscuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “promiscuus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.