pertinax

See also: Pertinax

Latin

Etymology

From pertineō + -āx

Pronunciation

Adjective

pertināx (genitive pertinācis, comparative pertinācior, superlative pertinācissimus, adverb pertināciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. persevering, obstinate
  2. pertinacious
  3. tenacious
  4. steadfast

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative pertināx pertinācēs pertinācia
genitive pertinācis pertinācium
dative pertinācī pertinācibus
accusative pertinācem pertināx pertinācēs pertinācia
ablative pertinācī pertinācibus
vocative pertināx pertinācēs pertinācia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: pertinaç
  • → Old French: pertinace
  • → Italian: pertinace
  • → Spanish: pertinaz

References

  • “pertinax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pertinax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "pertinax", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pertinax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be dogmatic; positive: pertinacem (opp. clementem) esse in disputando
  • “pertinax”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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