infidelis

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ fidēlis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.fiˈdeː.lis/, [ĩːfɪˈd̪eːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.fiˈde.lis/, [iɱfiˈd̪ɛːlis]

Adjective

īnfidēlis (neuter īnfidēle, comparative īnfidēlior, adverb īnfidēliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. unfaithful
2. treacherous, disloyal
3. unbelieving, infidel

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	īnfidēlis	īnfidēle		īnfidēlēs	īnfidēlia
Genitive	īnfidēlis			īnfidēlium
Dative	īnfidēlī			īnfidēlibus
Accusative	īnfidēlem	īnfidēle		īnfidēlēs īnfidēlīs	īnfidēlia
Ablative	īnfidēlī			īnfidēlibus
Vocative	īnfidēlis	īnfidēle		īnfidēlēs	īnfidēlia

Descendants

• → French: infidèle

References

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