infinitus

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ fīnītus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

īnfīnītus (feminine īnfīnīta, neuter īnfīnītum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. boundless, unlimited, endless
  2. infinite

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īnfīnītus īnfīnīta īnfīnītum īnfīnītī īnfīnītae īnfīnīta
Genitive īnfīnītī īnfīnītae īnfīnītī īnfīnītōrum īnfīnītārum īnfīnītōrum
Dative īnfīnītō īnfīnītō īnfīnītīs
Accusative īnfīnītum īnfīnītam īnfīnītum īnfīnītōs īnfīnītās īnfīnīta
Ablative īnfīnītō īnfīnītā īnfīnītō īnfīnītīs
Vocative īnfīnīte īnfīnīta īnfīnītum īnfīnītī īnfīnītae īnfīnīta

Descendants
Descendants of infinitus in other languages

References
  • “infīnītus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “infinitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • infīnītus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 814/3.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to choose one from a large number of instances: ex infinita exemplorum copia unum (pauca) sumere, decerpere (eligere)
    • abundance of material: infinita et immensa materia
    • despotic, tyrannous rule: potestas immoderata, infinita
  • “infīnītus” on pages 899–900 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “infinitus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 533/1
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