discretus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of discernō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /disˈkreː.tus/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈkreːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /disˈkre.tus/, [d̪isˈkrɛːt̪us]

Participle

discrētus (feminine discrēta, neuter discrētum); first/second-declension participle

1. separated

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	discrētus	discrēta	discrētum		discrētī	discrētae	discrēta
Genitive	discrētī	discrētae	discrētī		discrētōrum	discrētārum	discrētōrum
Dative	discrētō		discrētō		discrētīs
Accusative	discrētum	discrētam	discrētum		discrētōs	discrētās	discrēta
Ablative	discrētō	discrētā	discrētō		discrētīs
Vocative	discrēte	discrēta	discrētum		discrētī	discrētae	discrēta

Adjective

discrētus (feminine discrēta, neuter discrētum); first/second-declension adjective

1. separate
2. differentiated
3. discrete
4. (Medieval Latin) discreet, prudent
5. (Medieval Latin) illustrious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	discrētus	discrēta	discrētum		discrētī	discrētae	discrēta
Genitive	discrētī	discrētae	discrētī		discrētōrum	discrētārum	discrētōrum
Dative	discrētō		discrētō		discrētīs
Accusative	discrētum	discrētam	discrētum		discrētōs	discrētās	discrēta
Ablative	discrētō	discrētā	discrētō		discrētīs
Vocative	discrēte	discrēta	discrētum		discrētī	discrētae	discrēta

Related terms

• discrētiō
• indiscrētus

Descendants

• Catalan: discret
• English: discreet, discrete
• French: discret
• Italian: discreto
• Portuguese: discreto
• Romanian: discret
• Spanish: discreto

References

• “discretus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “discretus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• discretus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• discretus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “discretus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill