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Latin
Etymology
From cōnspic(iō) (“to notice”) + -uus, from con- (“with, together”) + speciō (“look at”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
cōnspicuus (feminine cōnspicua, neuter cōnspicuum); first/second-declension adjective
- visible
- Synonym: manifestus
- Antonyms: clandestinus, perobscūrus, occultus, arcānus, sēcrētus
- striking, conspicuous, distinguished, illustrious, remarkable (attracting attention)
- Synonyms: īnsignis, distīnctus, praecipuus, ēgregius, eximius
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “conspicuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “conspicuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conspicuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make oneself conspicuous: conspici, conspicuum esse aliqua re