repentinus

Latin

Etymology

See repēns (“sudden, unexpected”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

repentīnus (feminine repentīna, neuter repentīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. sudden, hasty
  2. unexpected
    • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 937–938:
      PAMPHILUS: Vix sum apud mē, ita animus commōtus est metū, / spē, gaudiō, mīrandō hoc tantō tam repentīnō bonō!
      PAMPHILUS: I’m hardly my usual self — my mind is so shaken with fear, hope, and joy — from marveling at this incredibly unexpected good fortune!

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative repentīnus repentīna repentīnum repentīnī repentīnae repentīna
genitive repentīnī repentīnae repentīnī repentīnōrum repentīnārum repentīnōrum
dative repentīnō repentīnae repentīnō repentīnīs
accusative repentīnum repentīnam repentīnum repentīnōs repentīnās repentīna
ablative repentīnō repentīnā repentīnō repentīnīs
vocative repentīne repentīna repentīnum repentīnī repentīnae repentīna

Descendants

  • Galician: repentino
  • Italian: repentino
  • Portuguese: repentino
  • Spanish: repentino

References

  • “repentinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “repentinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “repentinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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