incultus

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

in- +‎ cultus (perfect passive participle of colō).

Adjective

incultus (feminine inculta, neuter incultum, comparative incultior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. untilled, uncultivated
  2. neglected
  3. unadorned, unpolished
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative incultus inculta incultum incultī incultae inculta
Genitive incultī incultae incultī incultōrum incultārum incultōrum
Dative incultō incultō incultīs
Accusative incultum incultam incultum incultōs incultās inculta
Ablative incultō incultā incultō incultīs
Vocative inculte inculta incultum incultī incultae inculta
Descendants
  • → Catalan: inculte
  • → English: incult
  • → French: inculte
  • Italian: incolto
  • Portuguese: inculto
  • Spanish: inculto

Etymology 2

in- +‎ cultus (“act or way of cultivating”, tu-derivation of colō).

Noun

incultus m (genitive incultūs); fourth declension

  1. (rare) want of cultivation
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative incultus incultūs
Genitive incultūs incultuum
Dative incultuī incultibus
Accusative incultum incultūs
Ablative incultū incultibus
Vocative incultus incultūs

References
  • “incultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “incultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • incultus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • uncultivated districts: loca inculta
  • incultus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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