sincerus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sem- (confer Latin simplex, and Sanskrit सम (sama, “whole, together”)) and *ḱer- (“grow”) (confer Sanskrit किर् (kir, “pour out”)). According to De Vann, the second part of the compound derives from the unattested adjective *caerus found in the first part of caerimōnia.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /sinˈkeː.rus/, [sɪŋˈkeː.rʊs]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sinˈt͡ʃe.rus/, [sinˈt͡ʃɛ.rus]

Adjective

sincērus (feminine sincēra, neuter sincērum); first/second declension

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	sincērus	sincēra	sincērum	sincērī	sincērae	sincēra
genitive	sincērī	sincērae	sincērī	sincērōrum	sincērārum	sincērōrum
dative	sincērō	sincērae	sincērō	sincērīs
accusative	sincērum	sincēram	sincērum	sincērōs	sincērās	sincēra
ablative	sincērō	sincērā	sincērō	sincērīs
vocative	sincēre	sincēra	sincērum	sincērī	sincērae	sincēra

Related terms

sincēritās

Descendants

Catalan: sincer, sencer
English: sincere
French: sincère
Italian: sincero

Portuguese: sincero
Romanian: sincer
Spanish: cenero, sincero

References

sincerus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sincerus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
sincerus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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