irreverens

Latin

Alternative forms

• inreverēns

Etymology

From in- +‎ reverēns.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /irˈre.u̯e.rens/, [ɪrˈreu̯ɛrẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /irˈre.ve.rens/, [irˈrɛːverens]

Adjective

irreverēns (genitive irreverentis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. disrespectful, irreverent

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	irreverēns			irreverentēs	irreverentia
Genitive	irreverentis			irreverentium
Dative	irreverentī			irreverentibus
Accusative	irreverentem	irreverēns		irreverentēs	irreverentia
Ablative	irreverentī			irreverentibus
Vocative	irreverēns			irreverentēs	irreverentia

Descendants

• Catalan: irreverent
• → French: irrévérent (learned)
• Galician: irreverente
• Italian: irriverente
• Portuguese: irreverente
• Spanish: irreverente

References

• “irreverens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• irreverens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• irreverens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.