repentinus

Latin

Etymology

See repēns (“sudden, unexpected”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛ.pɛnˈtiː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [re.penˈtiː.nus]

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.