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Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ plectere.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

perplexus (feminine perplexa, neuter perplexum); first/second-declension adjective

entangled, involved, intricate, confused
(figuratively) unintelligible, complicated, intricate, inscrutable, ambiguous; dark, obscure

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	perplexus	perplexa	perplexum		perplexī	perplexae	perplexa
genitive	perplexī	perplexae	perplexī		perplexōrum	perplexārum	perplexōrum
dative	perplexō	perplexae	perplexō		perplexīs
accusative	perplexum	perplexam	perplexum		perplexōs	perplexās	perplexa
ablative	perplexō	perplexā	perplexō		perplexīs
vocative	perplexe	perplexa	perplexum		perplexī	perplexae	perplexa

Derived terms

perplexē

Descendants

→ English: perplex
→ Dutch: perplex
→ French: perplexe
→ German: perplex
→ Italian: perplesso
→ Portuguese: perplexo
→ Romanian: perplex
→ Spanish: perplejo
→ Swedish: perplex

References

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

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