perspicax
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From perspiciō (“I perceive”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈper.spi.kaːks/, [ˈpɛrs̠pɪkäːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈper.spi.kaks/, [ˈpɛrspikäks]
Adjective edit
perspicāx (genitive perspicācis, comparative perspicācior, superlative perspicācissimus, adverb perspicāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- sharp-sighted, quick-sighted, perspicacious,
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | perspicāx | perspicācēs | perspicācia | ||
| Genitive | perspicācis | perspicācium | |||
| Dative | perspicācī | perspicācibus | |||
| Accusative | perspicācem | perspicāx | perspicācēs | perspicācia | |
| Ablative | perspicācī | perspicācibus | |||
| Vocative | perspicāx | perspicācēs | perspicācia | ||
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: perspicaç
- English: perspicacious
- French: perspicace
- Italian: perspicace
- Portuguese: perspicaz
- Romanian: perspicace
- Spanish: perspicaz
References edit
- “perspicax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perspicax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perspicax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.