astutus
Finnish
Etymology
astuttaa + -us
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑstutus/, [ˈɑs̠t̪ut̪us̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑstutus
- Syllabification(key): as‧tu‧tus
Noun
astutus
- (agriculture, breeding) service
Declension
| Inflection of astutus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | astutus | astutukset | |
| genitive | astutuksen | astutusten astutuksien | |
| partitive | astutusta | astutuksia | |
| illative | astutukseen | astutuksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | astutus | astutukset | |
| accusative | nom. | astutus | astutukset |
| gen. | astutuksen | ||
| genitive | astutuksen | astutusten astutuksien | |
| partitive | astutusta | astutuksia | |
| inessive | astutuksessa | astutuksissa | |
| elative | astutuksesta | astutuksista | |
| illative | astutukseen | astutuksiin | |
| adessive | astutuksella | astutuksilla | |
| ablative | astutukselta | astutuksilta | |
| allative | astutukselle | astutuksille | |
| essive | astutuksena | astutuksina | |
| translative | astutukseksi | astutuksiksi | |
| instructive | — | astutuksin | |
| abessive | astutuksetta | astutuksitta | |
| comitative | — | astutuksineen | |
| Possessive forms of astutus (type vastaus) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | astutukseni | astutuksemme |
| 2nd person | astutuksesi | astutuksenne |
| 3rd person | astutuksensa | |
Latin
Etymology
From astus (“craftiness”, u-stem) + -tus (“adjective suffix of characteristic”), the former of uncertain etymology.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aːsˈtuː.tus/, [äːs̠ˈt̪uːt̪ʊs̠] or IPA(key): /asˈtuː.tus/, [äs̠ˈt̪uːt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /asˈtu.tus/, [äsˈt̪uːt̪us]
Adjective
ā̆stūtus (feminine ā̆stūta, neuter ā̆stūtum, comparative astūtior, adverb astūtē); first/second-declension adjective
- crafty, cunning, shrewd, clever, tricksy (adept at using tricks)
- Synonyms: callidus, vafer, versūtus, veterātor
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ā̆stūtus | ā̆stūta | ā̆stūtum | ā̆stūtī | ā̆stūtae | ā̆stūta | |
| Genitive | ā̆stūtī | ā̆stūtae | ā̆stūtī | ā̆stūtōrum | ā̆stūtārum | ā̆stūtōrum | |
| Dative | ā̆stūtō | ā̆stūtō | ā̆stūtīs | ||||
| Accusative | ā̆stūtum | ā̆stūtam | ā̆stūtum | ā̆stūtōs | ā̆stūtās | ā̆stūta | |
| Ablative | ā̆stūtō | ā̆stūtā | ā̆stūtō | ā̆stūtīs | |||
| Vocative | ā̆stūte | ā̆stūta | ā̆stūtum | ā̆stūtī | ā̆stūtae | ā̆stūta | |
Derived terms
- ā̆stūtia
Descendants
- → Catalan: astut
- → English: astute
- → Middle French: astut
- → Galician: astuto
- → Italian: astuto
- → Portuguese: astuto
- → Spanish: astuto
- → Middle Welsh: astud
- Welsh: astud
References
- “astūtus” on page 212 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Further reading
- “astutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “astutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- astutus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- astutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette