argutus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Perfect passive participle of arguō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /arˈɡuː.tus/, [ärˈɡuːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈɡu.tus/, [ärˈɡuːt̪us]
Adjective edit
argūtus (feminine argūta, neuter argūtum, comparative argūtior, superlative argūtissimus, adverb argūtē); first/second-declension adjective
- expressive
- lively
- clear-sounding, noisy
- talkative, loquacious
- (of smell and taste) sharp, pungent
- acute, sagacious, witty
- sly, cunning, artful
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | argūtus | argūta | argūtum | argūtī | argūtae | argūta | |
| Genitive | argūtī | argūtae | argūtī | argūtōrum | argūtārum | argūtōrum | |
| Dative | argūtō | argūtō | argūtīs | ||||
| Accusative | argūtum | argūtam | argūtum | argūtōs | argūtās | argūta | |
| Ablative | argūtō | argūtā | argūtō | argūtīs | |||
| Vocative | argūte | argūta | argūtum | argūtī | argūtae | argūta | |
Derived terms edit
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References edit
- “argutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “argutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- argutus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- argutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.