sublestus

== Latin == === Etymology === Unknown. A verbal adjective from an unknown verb or from an unattested noun + -tus (forming adjectives). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊbˈɫɛs.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [subˈlɛs.tus] === Adjective === sublestus (feminine sublesta, neuter sublestum, comparative sublestior, superlative sublestissimus); first/second-declension adjective (Plautine, Old Latin, very rare) weak, feeble or making weak; (by extension) shaky, empty, light, worthless Synonyms: īnfirmus, dēbilis; tenuis, levis, frīvolus ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Further reading === “sublestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sublestus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.