argutus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of arguō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈɡuː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈɡuː.t̪us]
Adjective
argūtus (feminine argūta, neuter argūtum, comparative argūtior, superlative argūtissimus, adverb argūtē); first/second-declension adjective
- expressive
- lively
- clear-sounding, noisy
- talkative, loquacious
- (of smell and taste) sharp, pungent
- acute, sagacious, witty
- sly, cunning, artful
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | argūtus | argūta | argūtum | argūtī | argūtae | argūta | |
| genitive | argūtī | argūtae | argūtī | argūtōrum | argūtārum | argūtōrum | |
| dative | argūtō | argūtae | argūtō | argūtīs | |||
| accusative | argūtum | argūtam | argūtum | argūtōs | argūtās | argūta | |
| ablative | argūtō | argūtā | argūtō | argūtīs | |||
| vocative | argūte | argūta | argūtum | argūtī | argūtae | argūta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “argutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “argutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- argutus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- argutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.