conspicuus
Latin
Etymology
From cōnspic(iō) (“to notice”) + -uus, from con- (“with, together”) + speciō (“look at”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈspi.ku.us/, [kõːˈspɪ.kʊ.ʊs]
Adjective
conspicuus (feminine conspicua, neuter conspicuum); first/second declension
- visible
- striking, conspicuous, distinguished, illustrious, remarkable (attracting attention)
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | conspicuus | conspicua | conspicuum | conspicuī | conspicuae | conspicua | |
Genitive | conspicuī | conspicuae | conspicuī | conspicuōrum | conspicuārum | conspicuōrum | |
Dative | conspicuō | conspicuō | conspicuīs | ||||
Accusative | conspicuum | conspicuam | conspicuum | conspicuōs | conspicuās | conspicua | |
Ablative | conspicuō | conspicuā | conspicuō | conspicuīs | |||
Vocative | conspicue | conspicua | conspicuum | conspicuī | conspicuae | conspicua |
References
- conspicuus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- conspicuus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conspicuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make oneself conspicuous: conspici, conspicuum esse aliqua re
- to make oneself conspicuous: conspici, conspicuum esse aliqua re
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