Latin edit

Etymology edit

Perfect passive participle of percipiō (perceive, observe).

Participle edit

perceptus (feminine percepta, neuter perceptum); first/second-declension participle

  1. perceived, observed, having been perceived or observed

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative perceptus percepta perceptum perceptī perceptae percepta
Genitive perceptī perceptae perceptī perceptōrum perceptārum perceptōrum
Dative perceptō perceptō perceptīs
Accusative perceptum perceptam perceptum perceptōs perceptās percepta
Ablative perceptō perceptā perceptō perceptīs
Vocative percepte percepta perceptum perceptī perceptae percepta

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: percept
  • Italian: percetto
  • Sicilian: pircettu

References edit

  • perceptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perceptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perceptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be well-informed, erudite: multa cognita, percepta habere, multa didicisse
    • to be well acquainted with the views of philosophers: praecepta philosophorum (penitus) percepta habere