imbecillusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

For *imbeccillus, from in- +‎ bacillus, as if "without support, feeble", but Century Dictionary and De Vaan find it "improbable" and "far-fetched".

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ɪm.beːˈkɪl.lʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [im.beˈt͡ʃil.lus]

形容詞

imbēcillus (feminine imbēcilla, neuter imbēcillum, comparative imbēcillior); first/second-declension adjective

1. weak, feeble

   Synonyms: dēbilis, īnfirmus, ēnervis

   Antonyms: praevalēns, fortis, validus, strēnuus, compos

2. cowardly

   Antonym: fortis

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

派生した語

参照

Further reading

• “imbecillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “imbecillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imbecillus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “imbecillus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bak-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 93