perspicax
Latin
Etymology
From perspiciō (“I perceive”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.spɪ.kaːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.spi.kaks]
Adjective
perspicāx (genitive perspicācis, comparative perspicācior, superlative perspicācissimus, adverb perspicāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- sharp-sighted, quick-sighted, perspicacious
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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.