adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
captiōsus
captiōsus (feminine captiōsa, neuter captiōsum, comparative captiōsior)
Classical[kap.tiˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[kap.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us]
captiōse sg. voc. m.
Meaning
- adjectivefallacious, deceptive
- adjectivecaptious
- adjectiveharmful
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | captiōsus | captiōsa | captiōsum |
| genitive | captiōsī | captiōsae | captiōsī |
| dative | captiōsō | captiōsae | captiōsō |
| accusative | captiōsum | captiōsam | captiōsum |
| ablative | captiōsō | captiōsā | captiōsō |
| vocative | captiōse | captiōsa | captiōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | captiōsī | captiōsae | captiōsa |
| genitive | captiōsōrum | captiōsārum | captiōsōrum |
| dative | captiōsīs | captiōsīs | captiōsīs |
| accusative | captiōsōs | captiōsās | captiōsa |
| ablative | captiōsīs | captiōsīs | captiōsīs |
| vocative | captiōsī | captiōsae | captiōsa |
captĭōsus, a, um, adj. captio.
I. Fallacious, deceptive:
societas, Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 29: beneficium, Dig. 46, 5, 8 pr.: liberalitas, ib. 2, 15, 8.—Comp., Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 52.—II. (Acc. to captio, I. B.) Captious, sophistical (most freq. in Cic.):
animi fallacibus et captiosis interrogationibus circumscripti atque decepti, Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 46; so Gell. 16, 2, 13: probabilitas, Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 72: genus, id. Ac. 2, 16, 49; so in sup., id. ib.—Subst.: captĭōsa, ōrum, n., sophisms, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22.—Adv.: cap-tĭōsē, captiously, insidiously: interrogare, Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
captiōsus adj. with comp. and sup.
captio, fallacious, deceptive: societas. — Sophistical, misleading: quo nihil captiosius potest dici: captiosissimum genus interrogationis: captiosa solvere, detect sophisms.
Origins
From captiō + -ōsus.
Descendants
- Catalancapciós
- Englishcaptious
- Frenchcaptieux
- Italiancapzioso
- Italiancazzioso
- Portuguesecapcioso