adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
cōnspicuus
cōnspicuus (feminine cōnspicua, neuter cōnspicuum)
Classical[kõːˈspɪ.ku.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[konˈspiː.ku.us]
Meaning
- adjectivevisible
- adjectivestriking, conspicuous, distinguished, illustrious, remarkable (attracting attention)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī vidērī potestcōnspicuus -a -um — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 12
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnspicuus | cōnspicua | cōnspicuum |
| genitive | cōnspicuī | cōnspicuae | cōnspicuī |
| dative | cōnspicuō | cōnspicuae | cōnspicuō |
| accusative | cōnspicuum | cōnspicuam | cōnspicuum |
| ablative | cōnspicuō | cōnspicuā | cōnspicuō |
| vocative | cōnspicue | cōnspicua | cōnspicuum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnspicuī | cōnspicuae | cōnspicua |
| genitive | cōnspicuōrum | cōnspicuārum | cōnspicuōrum |
| dative | cōnspicuīs | cōnspicuīs | cōnspicuīs |
| accusative | cōnspicuōs | cōnspicuās | cōnspicua |
| ablative | cōnspicuīs | cōnspicuīs | cōnspicuīs |
| vocative | cōnspicuī | cōnspicuae | cōnspicua |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- conspici, conspicuum esse aliqua re
- to make oneself conspicuous.
conspĭcŭus, a, um, adj. 1. conspicio (poet. or in post-Aug. prose, esp. in Tac.; not in Quint.).
I. Lit., that is or comes in view, visible; opp. occultus:
quot inter Occultum stellae conspicuumque polum, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 108: rebus ab auditis conspicuisque, id. P. 3, 4, 22: late vertex, * Hor. C. 3, 16, 19: signum in proeliis, Phaedr. 4, 6, 6: acies barbarorum, Tac. H. 4, 29: tabernaculum undique, Curt. 9, 6, 1: sidus omnibus e terris, Augustus ap. Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94.—II. Trop., in gen.:
habere mortem in conspicuo, before the eyes, Sen. Brev. Vit. 20, 5: nives, id. Thyest. 126: pyramides, Plin. 36, 12, 16, § 76.—B. Pregn., that attracts the attention to itself, striking, conspicuous, distinguished, illustrious, remarkable, φανερός; with dat. pers.:
Romanis conspicuum eum novitas divitiaeque faciebant, Liv. 1, 34, 11; Suet. Aug. 45.—With abl.: insignis clara conspicuusque domo, Tib. 3, 3, 4; so Ov. M. 12, 467; id. H. 5, 139; Tac. H. 3, 29; 3, 33; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 2; Suet. Aug. 72 al.; cf. with dat. pers.: consilio, manu, voce insignis hosti, conspicuus suis, Tac. H. 3, 17.—Absol.: ambo conspicui, Ov. M. 8, 373; so Tac. H. 1, 88; 4, 42; id. G. 7; id. Or. 36.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cōnspicuus adj.
com- + SPEC-, in view, visible, apparent, obvious: res, O.: late vertex, H.: signum in proeliis, Ph.—Striking, conspicuous, distinguished, illustrious, remarkable, eminent: ambo, O.: duces, Ta.: monstrum, Iu.: Romanis conspicuum eum facere, L.: clipeo gladioque, O.: fide, O.: equi formā, Ta.
Origins
From cōnspic(iō) (“to notice”) + -uus, from con- (“with, together”) + speciō (“look at”).
Descendants
- Catalanconspicu
- Englishconspicuous
- Italiancospicuo
- Portugueseconspícuo
- Spanishconspicuo
- Galicianconspicuo
In English words that came into English from cōnspicuus
- conspicuouscōnspicuus
- inconspicuousincōnspicuus