impatiens, impatientis (gen.), impatientior -or -us, impatientissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
impatient/intolerant (of); not moved to action by feeling; unbearable;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | impatientia |
| Acc. | impatiens | impatientia |
| Voc. | — | impatientia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | impatientius | impatientiora |
| Gen. | impatientioris | — |
| Acc. | impatientius | impatientiora |
| Voc. | impatientius | impatientiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | impatientissimus | impatientissimi |
| Gen. | impatientissimi | impatientissimorum |
| Dat. | impatientissimo | — |
| Acc. | impatientissimum | impatientissimos |
| Voc. | impatientissime | impatientissimi |
| Abl. | impatientissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | impatientissima | impatientissimae |
| Gen. | impatientissimae | impatientissimarum |
| Dat. | impatientissimae | — |
| Acc. | impatientissimam | impatientissimas |
| Voc. | impatientissima | impatientissimae |
| Abl. | impatientissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | impatientissimum | impatientissima |
| Gen. | impatientissimi | impatientissimorum |
| Dat. | impatientissimo | — |
| Acc. | impatientissimum | impatientissima |
| Voc. | impatientissimum | impatientissima |
| Abl. | impatientissimo | — |
Examples
- L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...fuit enim illi nobile ingenium et furibundi regis impatiens. Hic est Alexandri crimen aeternum, quod nulla uirtus, nulla..." - L
ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...fratrem carceri, non potuit eripere fato; et quam impatiens iuris aequi pietas Africani fuerit, cunctis apparuit: eodem enim..." - L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...tumultus uiscera exagitat mea? quid tremuit intus? sentio impatiens onus meumque gemitu non meo pectus gemit. adeste, nati..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...carmen poposci: sonuit horrendum insuper, crepuere malae, saxaque impatiens morae reuulsit unguis uiscera expectans mea; nodosa sortis uerba..." - L
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...fauces, uerba nunc clauso male custodit ore maenas impatiens dei. [Ca.] Quid me furoris incitam stimulis noui, quid..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...correpta pecoris efferum saeui ducem audax amasti; toruus, impatiens iugi adulter ille, ductor indomiti gregis-- sed amabat aliquid..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...frontem, et de cella se proripuit, Eumolpus contumeliae impatiens rapit ligneum candelabrum, sequiturque abeuntem, et creberrimis ictibus supercilium..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...occupandi sumus, quotiens nos male habet inertia sui impatiens. Magni imperatores, cum male parere militem vident, aliquo labore..."