astutus

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Finnish

Etymology

astuttaa +‎ -us

Pronunciation

Noun

astutus

  1. (agriculture, breeding) service

Declension

Inflection of astutus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative astutus astutukset
genitive astutuksen astutusten
astutuksien
partitive astutusta astutuksia
illative astutukseen astutuksiin
singular plural
nominative astutus astutukset
accusative nom. astutus astutukset
gen. astutuksen
genitive astutuksen astutusten
astutuksien
partitive astutusta astutuksia
inessive astutuksessa astutuksissa
elative astutuksesta astutuksista
illative astutukseen astutuksiin
adessive astutuksella astutuksilla
ablative astutukselta astutuksilta
allative astutukselle astutuksille
essive astutuksena astutuksina
translative astutukseksi astutuksiksi
abessive astutuksetta astutuksitta
instructive astutuksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of astutus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From astū- (craftiness) +‎ -tus (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ā̆stūtus (feminine ā̆stūta, neuter ā̆stūtum, comparative astūtior, adverb astūtē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. crafty, cunning, shrewd, clever, tricksy (adept at using tricks)
    Synonyms: callidus, vafer, versūtus, veterātor

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ā̆stūtus ā̆stūta ā̆stūtum ā̆stūtī ā̆stūtae ā̆stūta
genitive ā̆stūtī ā̆stūtae ā̆stūtī ā̆stūtōrum ā̆stūtārum ā̆stūtōrum
dative ā̆stūtō ā̆stūtae ā̆stūtō ā̆stūtīs
accusative ā̆stūtum ā̆stūtam ā̆stūtum ā̆stūtōs ā̆stūtās ā̆stūta
ablative ā̆stūtō ā̆stūtā ā̆stūtō ā̆stūtīs
vocative ā̆stūte ā̆stūta ā̆stūtum ā̆stūtī ā̆stūtae ā̆stūta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: astut
  • English: astute
  • Middle French: astut
  • Galician: astuto
  • Italian: astuto
  • Portuguese: astuto
  • Spanish: astuto
  • Middle Welsh: astud

References

Further reading

  • astutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • astutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • astutus 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)
  • astutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.