perspicax
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom perspiciō (“I perceive”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈper.spi.kaːks/, [ˈpɛrs̠pɪkäːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈper.spi.kaks/, [ˈpɛrspikäks]
Adjective
editperspicāx (genitive perspicācis, comparative perspicācior, superlative perspicācissimus, adverb perspicāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- sharp-sighted, quick-sighted, perspicacious
Declension
editThird-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
editDescendants
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.
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *speḱ-
- Latin terms suffixed with -ax
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin adjectives
- Latin third declension adjectives
- Latin third declension adjectives of one termination