admixtus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [adˈmɪk.stʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [adˈmik.stus]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of admisceō.

Participle

admixtus (feminine admixta, neuter admixtum); first/second-declension participle

1. mixed, mingled with
2. involved, entangled in

Adjective

admixtus (feminine admixta, neuter admixtum); first/second-declension adjective

1. that is mingled with something, mixed, not simple, complex
   • 44 BCE, Cicero, Cato Major 21.78:

     et, cum simplex animi esset natura, neque haberet in se quicquam admixtum dispar sui atque dissimile, non posse eum dividi; quod si non posset, non posse interire

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2. contaminated

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3. confused

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Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	admixtus	admixta	admixtum		admixtī	admixtae	admixta
genitive	admixtī	admixtae	admixtī		admixtōrum	admixtārum	admixtōrum
dative	admixtō	admixtae	admixtō		admixtīs
accusative	admixtum	admixtam	admixtum		admixtōs	admixtās	admixta
ablative	admixtō	admixtā	admixtō		admixtīs
vocative	admixte	admixta	admixtum		admixtī	admixtae	admixta

Etymology 2

From admixtō +‎ -tus (forming action nouns).

Noun

admixtus m (genitive admixtūs); fourth declension

1. mixture, admixture
2. mingling

   Synonym: admixtiō

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	admixtus	admixtūs
genitive	admixtūs	admixtuum
dative	admixtuī	admixtibus
accusative	admixtum	admixtūs
ablative	admixtū	admixtibus
vocative	admixtus	admixtūs

References

• “admixtus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “admixtus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “admixtus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “admixtus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.