conspicuus
Latin
Etymology
From cōnspic(iō) (“to notice”) + -uus, from con- (“with, together”) + speciō (“look at”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈspi.ku.us/, [kõːˈs̠pɪkuʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈspi.ku.us/, [konˈspiːkuːs]
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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cōnspicuus | cōnspicua | cōnspicuum | cōnspicuī | cōnspicuae | cōnspicua | |
| Genitive | cōnspicuī | cōnspicuae | cōnspicuī | cōnspicuōrum | cōnspicuārum | cōnspicuōrum | |
| Dative | cōnspicuō | cōnspicuō | cōnspicuīs | ||||
| Accusative | cōnspicuum | cōnspicuam | cōnspicuum | cōnspicuōs | cōnspicuās | cōnspicua | |
| Ablative | cōnspicuō | cōnspicuā | cōnspicuō | cōnspicuīs | |||
| Vocative | cōnspicue | cōnspicua | cōnspicuum | cōnspicuī | cōnspicuae | cōnspicua | |
Descendants
- Catalan: conspicu
- English: conspicuous
- Galician: conspicuo
- Italian: cospicuo
- Portuguese: conspícuo
- Spanish: conspicuo
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
- to make oneself conspicuous: conspici, conspicuum esse aliqua re