impromptus

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭm-prŏmp′t(y)o͞oz; IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɹɒmp.t(j)uz/

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• Hyphenation: im‧promp‧tus

Noun

impromptus

1. plural of impromptu
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:impromptus.

Verb

impromptus

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of impromptu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pʁɔ̃p.ty/
• Rhymes: -y
• Hyphenation: im‧promp‧tus

Noun

impromptus

1. plural of impromptu

Latin

Alternative forms

• inprōmptus

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin im-

Latin prōmptus

Latin imprōmptus

From im- (“un-”) + prōmptus (“ready”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪmˈproːmp.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [imˈprɔmp.tus]
• Hyphenation: im‧prōmp‧tus

Adjective

imprōmptus (feminine imprōmpta, neuter imprōmptum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rare) unready, hesitating
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 7.4.5:

     Quia infacundior sit et linguā impromptus;

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   • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 2.21:

     inprompto iam Arminio ob continua pericula,

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   • c. 310 CE – c. 394 CE, Ausonius, Idyllia 2.9:

     sermone inpromptus Latio,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • a. 1210 CE, Walter Map, De nugis curialium IV.2.44:

     sentimus […] nos ad uictoriam impromciores quanto sumus a paciencia remociores.

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   • a. 1210 CE, Walter Map, De nugis curialium IV.11.52:

     inpromptus ad argucias,

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   • 15th century, Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies (DMLBS: ed. T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker, 2 vols., 1884):

     impromptus, A. unredy

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	imprōmptus	imprōmpta	imprōmptum		imprōmptī	imprōmptae	imprōmpta
genitive	imprōmptī	imprōmptae	imprōmptī		imprōmptōrum	imprōmptārum	imprōmptōrum
dative	imprōmptō	imprōmptae	imprōmptō		imprōmptīs
accusative	imprōmptum	imprōmptam	imprōmptum		imprōmptōs	imprōmptās	imprōmpta
ablative	imprōmptō	imprōmptā	imprōmptō		imprōmptīs
vocative	imprōmpte	imprōmpta	imprōmptum		imprōmptī	imprōmptae	imprōmpta

Further reading

• “impromptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• im-prōmptus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 115–116
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “impromptus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• “impromptus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 786, column 2.
• Harm Pinkster, editor (2018), “im-prōmptus”, in Woordenboek Latijn/Nederlands‎^[2], 7th revised edition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC
• “imprōmptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Noun

impromptus

1. plural of impromptu