perspicax

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Latin

Etymology

From perspiciō (“I perceive”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

perspicāx (genitive perspicācis, comparative perspicācior, superlative perspicācissimus, adverb perspicāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. sharp-sighted, quick-sighted, perspicacious

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative perspicāx perspicācēs perspicācia
genitive perspicācis perspicācium
dative perspicācī perspicācibus
accusative perspicācem perspicāx perspicācēs perspicācia
ablative perspicācī perspicācibus
vocative perspicāx perspicācēs perspicācia

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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