perspicio
Latin
Etymology
per + specio
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈspi.ki.oː/, [pɛrˈspɪ.ki.oː]
Verb
perspiciō (present infinitive perspicere, perfect active perspexī, supine perspectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I see through something.
- I perceive or discern clearly.
Inflection
| Conjugation of perspicio (third conjugation iō-variant) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | perspiciō | perspicis | perspicit | perspicimus | perspicitis | perspiciunt |
| imperfect | perspiciēbam | perspiciēbās | perspiciēbat | perspiciēbāmus | perspiciēbātis | perspiciēbant | |
| future | perspiciam | perspiciēs | perspiciet | perspiciēmus | perspiciētis | perspicient | |
| perfect | perspexī | perspexistī | perspexit | perspeximus | perspexistis | perspexērunt, perspexēre | |
| pluperfect | perspexeram | perspexerās | perspexerat | perspexerāmus | perspexerātis | perspexerant | |
| future perfect | perspexerō | perspexeris | perspexerit | perspexerimus | perspexeritis | perspexerint | |
| passive | present | perspicior | perspiceris, perspicere | perspicitur | perspicimur | perspiciminī | perspiciuntur |
| imperfect | perspiciēbar | perspiciēbāris, perspiciēbāre | perspiciēbātur | perspiciēbāmur | perspiciēbāminī | perspiciēbantur | |
| future | perspiciar | perspiciēris, perspiciēre | perspiciētur | perspiciēmur | perspiciēminī | perspicientur | |
| perfect | perspectus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | perspectus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | perspectus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | perspiciam | perspiciās | perspiciat | perspiciāmus | perspiciātis | perspiciant |
| imperfect | perspicerem | perspicerēs | perspiceret | perspicerēmus | perspicerētis | perspicerent | |
| perfect | perspexerim | perspexerīs | perspexerit | perspexerimus | perspexeritis | perspexerint | |
| pluperfect | perspexissem | perspexissēs | perspexisset | perspexissēmus | perspexissētis | perspexissent | |
| passive | present | perspiciar | perspiciāris, perspiciāre | perspiciātur | perspiciāmur | perspiciāminī | perspiciantur |
| imperfect | perspicerer | perspicerēris, perspicerēre | perspicerētur | perspicerēmur | perspicerēminī | perspicerentur | |
| perfect | perspectus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | perspectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | perspice | — | — | perspicite | — |
| future | — | perspicitō | perspicitō | — | perspicitōte | perspiciuntō | |
| passive | present | — | perspicere | — | — | perspiciminī | — |
| future | — | perspicitor | perspicitor | — | — | perspiciuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | perspicere | perspexisse | perspectūrus esse | perspicī | perspectus esse | perspectum īrī | |
| participles | perspiciēns | — | perspectūrus | — | perspectus | perspiciendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| perspicere | perspiciendī | perspiciendō | perspiciendum | perspectum | perspectū | ||
Descendants
- English: perspective, perspicacious, perspicuous
- French: perspectif, perspicace, perspicacité
- Spanish: perspectivo, perspicacia, perspicaz
References
- perspicio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- perspicio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perspicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette