captiosus

captiosus

Latin

Etymology

From captiō +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kap.tiˈoː.sus/, [kap.tɪˈoː.sʊs]

Adjective

captiōsus (feminine captiōsa, neuter captiōsum); first/second declension

1. fallacious, deceptive
2. captious
3. harmful

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	captiōsus	captiōsa	captiōsum		captiōsī	captiōsae	captiōsa
Genitive	captiōsī	captiōsae	captiōsī		captiōsōrum	captiōsārum	captiōsōrum
Dative	captiōsō	captiōsae	captiōsō		captiōsīs	captiōsīs	captiōsīs
Accusative	captiōsum	captiōsam	captiōsum		captiōsōs	captiōsās	captiōsa
Ablative	captiōsō	captiōsā	captiōsō		captiōsīs	captiōsīs	captiōsīs
Vocative	captiōse	captiōsa	captiōsum		captiōsī	captiōsae	captiōsa

Descendants

• Catalan: capciós
• English: captious
• French: captieux
• Portuguese: capcioso

References

• captiosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• captiosus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• captiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette