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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of distinguō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
distīnctus (feminine distīncta, neuter distīnctum, comparative distīnctior, superlative distīnctissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- distinct, separate
- Synonyms: īnsignis, cōnspicuus, praecipuus, eximius, ēgregius
- definite, lucid
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- “distinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “distinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- distinctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the star-lit sky; the firmament: caelum astris distinctum et ornatum