captiosus

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Latin

Etymology

From captiō +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

Adjective

captiōsus (feminine captiōsa, neuter captiōsum, comparative captiōsior); first/second-declension adjective

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	captiōsus	captiōsa	captiōsum		captiōsī	captiōsae	captiōsa
genitive	captiōsī	captiōsae	captiōsī		captiōsōrum	captiōsārum	captiōsōrum
dative	captiōsō	captiōsae	captiōsō		captiōsīs
accusative	captiōsum	captiōsam	captiōsum		captiōsōs	captiōsās	captiōsa
ablative	captiōsō	captiōsā	captiōsō		captiōsīs
vocative	captiōse	captiōsa	captiōsum		captiōsī	captiōsae	captiōsa

Descendants

→ Catalan: capciós
→ English: captious
→ French: captieux
→ Italian: capzioso, cazzioso
→ Portuguese: capcioso

References

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

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