"incertus" meaning in Latin

See incertus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /inˈker.tus/ [Classical-Latin], [ɪŋˈkɛrt̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /inˈt͡ʃer.tus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛrt̪us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From in- (“un-”) + certus. Etymology templates: {{af|la|in-|certus|id1=not|t1=un-}} in- (“un-”) + certus Head templates: {{la-adj|incertus|comp=incertior|sup=incertissimus}} incertus (feminine incerta, neuter incertum, comparative incertior, superlative incertissimus); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|incertus}} Forms: incerta [feminine], incertum [neuter], incertior [comparative], incertissimus [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], incertus [masculine, nominative, singular], incerta [feminine, nominative, singular], incertum [neuter, nominative, singular], incertī [masculine, nominative, plural], incertae [feminine, nominative, plural], incerta [neuter, nominative, plural], incertī [genitive, masculine, singular], incertae [feminine, genitive, singular], incertī [genitive, neuter, singular], incertōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], incertārum [feminine, genitive, plural], incertōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], incertō [dative, masculine, singular], incertae [dative, feminine, singular], incertō [dative, neuter, singular], incertīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], incertum [accusative, masculine, singular], incertam [accusative, feminine, singular], incertum [accusative, neuter, singular], incertōs [accusative, masculine, plural], incertās [accusative, feminine, plural], incerta [accusative, neuter, plural], incertō [ablative, masculine, singular], incertā [ablative, feminine, singular], incertō [ablative, neuter, singular], incertīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], incerte [masculine, singular, vocative], incerta [feminine, singular, vocative], incertum [neuter, singular, vocative], incertī [masculine, plural, vocative], incertae [feminine, plural, vocative], incerta [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. uncertain, doubtful, not sure, unsure Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: dubius, suspensus, vagus, anceps
    Sense id: en-incertus-la-adj-rDIck2~a Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms prefixed with in- (not) Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 48 7 9 6 30 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with in- (not): 26 33 33 6 2
  2. not knowing, doubting (said of persons) Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-incertus-la-adj-nJbvNwN2 Categories (other): Latin terms prefixed with in- (not) Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with in- (not): 26 33 33 6 2
  3. not known, obscure (said of things) Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-incertus-la-adj-JPS7I46y Categories (other): Latin terms prefixed with in- (not) Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with in- (not): 26 33 33 6 2
  4. hesitant, hesitating, irresolute, undecided Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-incertus-la-adj-dC6M9Zyl

Noun

IPA: /inˈker.tus/ [Classical-Latin], [ɪŋˈkɛrt̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /inˈt͡ʃer.tus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛrt̪us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From in- (“un-”) + certus. Etymology templates: {{af|la|in-|certus|id1=not|t1=un-}} in- (“un-”) + certus Head templates: {{la-noun|incertus<2>}} incertus m (genitive incertī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|incertus<2>}} Forms: incertī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], incertus [nominative, singular], incertī [nominative, plural], incertī [genitive, singular], incertōrum [genitive, plural], incertō [dative, singular], incertīs [dative, plural], incertum [accusative, singular], incertōs [accusative, plural], incertō [ablative, singular], incertīs [ablative, plural], incerte [singular, vocative], incertī [plural, vocative]
  1. uncertainty Tags: declension-2, masculine Derived forms: incertae sedis
    Sense id: en-incertus-la-noun-kBn4BYuZ Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 12 15 17 15 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 9 15 8 39

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From in- (“un-”) + certus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "incerta",
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    {
      "form": "incertum",
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    {
      "form": "incertior",
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      "form": "incertissimus",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      "form": "incertus",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "incerta",
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      "form": "incertum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "incertae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "incerta",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "incertī",
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      "form": "incertōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "incertārum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "incertīs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "incertum",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incerta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "incertō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "incertīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incerte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incerta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incerta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "sup": "incertissimus"
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      "name": "la-adj"
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  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "incertus"
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      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "certus"
        },
        {
          "word": "prōmptus"
        },
        {
          "word": "indubius"
        },
        {
          "word": "fixus"
        }
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          "name": "Latin terms prefixed with in- (not)",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[Venus replies to Juno:] “But I, being subject to the fates, am uncertain ….”",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.110",
          "text": "… “Sed fātīs incerta feror, ….”"
        },
        {
          "english": "the father is always uncertain",
          "text": "pater semper incertus est"
        },
        {
          "english": "an axe not surely aimed",
          "text": "incertam securim"
        }
      ],
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        "uncertain, doubtful, not sure, unsure"
      ],
      "id": "en-incertus-la-adj-rDIck2~a",
      "links": [
        [
          "uncertain",
          "uncertain"
        ],
        [
          "doubtful",
          "doubtful"
        ],
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "sure",
          "sure"
        ],
        [
          "unsure",
          "unsure"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dubius"
        },
        {
          "word": "suspensus"
        },
        {
          "word": "vagus"
        },
        {
          "word": "anceps"
        }
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        "declension-1",
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        "not knowing, doubting (said of persons)"
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        "hesitant, hesitating, irresolute, undecided"
      ],
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        [
          "hesitating",
          "hesitating"
        ],
        [
          "irresolute",
          "irresolute"
        ],
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          "undecided",
          "undecided"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "adjective",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/inˈker.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪŋˈkɛrt̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/inˈt͡ʃer.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛrt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "incertus"
}

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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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        "accusative",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertīs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "incerte",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertī",
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      "ipa": "/inˈker.tus/",
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      "ipa": "[ɪŋˈkɛrt̪ʊs̠]",
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        "Classical-Latin"
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      "ipa": "/inˈt͡ʃer.tus/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛrt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "incerta",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "incertī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incerta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incerte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incerta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incerta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "incertus",
        "comp": "incertior",
        "sup": "incertissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "incertus (feminine incerta, neuter incertum, comparative incertior, superlative incertissimus); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "incertus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "certus"
        },
        {
          "word": "prōmptus"
        },
        {
          "word": "indubius"
        },
        {
          "word": "fixus"
        }
      ],
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        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "[Venus replies to Juno:] “But I, being subject to the fates, am uncertain ….”",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.110",
          "text": "… “Sed fātīs incerta feror, ….”"
        },
        {
          "english": "the father is always uncertain",
          "text": "pater semper incertus est"
        },
        {
          "english": "an axe not surely aimed",
          "text": "incertam securim"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "uncertain, doubtful, not sure, unsure"
      ],
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        [
          "uncertain",
          "uncertain"
        ],
        [
          "doubtful",
          "doubtful"
        ],
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "sure",
          "sure"
        ],
        [
          "unsure",
          "unsure"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dubius"
        },
        {
          "word": "suspensus"
        },
        {
          "word": "vagus"
        },
        {
          "word": "anceps"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "not knowing, doubting (said of persons)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "doubting",
          "doubting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "not known, obscure (said of things)"
      ],
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          "obscure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hesitant, hesitating, irresolute, undecided"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitant",
          "hesitant"
        ],
        [
          "hesitating",
          "hesitating"
        ],
        [
          "irresolute",
          "irresolute"
        ],
        [
          "undecided",
          "undecided"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/inˈker.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪŋˈkɛrt̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/inˈt͡ʃer.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛrt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "incertus"
}

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    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms prefixed with in- (not)",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "incertae sedis"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "in-",
        "3": "certus",
        "id1": "not",
        "t1": "un-"
      },
      "expansion": "in- (“un-”) + certus",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From in- (“un-”) + certus.",
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    {
      "form": "incertī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incerte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "incertī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "incertus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "incertus m (genitive incertī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "incertus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "uncertainty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "uncertainty",
          "uncertainty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/inˈker.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪŋˈkɛrt̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/inˈt͡ʃer.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛrt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "incertus"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: incertus/Latin 'Number' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "incertus"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "incertus",
  "trace": ""
}

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