perspicax
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈper.spi.kaːks/, [ˈpɛr.spɪ.kaːks]
Adjective
perspicāx (genitive perspicācis); third declension
- sharp-sighted, quick-sighted, perspicacious,
Inflection
Third declension.
| 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
- perspicācitās
- perspicāciter
Descendants
- Catalan: perspicaç
- English: perspicacious
- French: perspicace
- Italian: perspicace
- Portuguese: perspicaz
- Romanian: perspicace
- Spanish: perspicaz
References
- 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
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