LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

perspicāx

perspicāx (genitive perspicācis, comparative perspicācior, superlative perspicācissimus, adverb perspicāciter)
Classical[ˈpɛr.spɪ.kaːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛr.spi.kaks]

Meaning

  1. one terminationsharp-sighted, quick-sighted, perspicacious

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeperspicāxperspicāxperspicāx
genitiveperspicācisperspicācisperspicācis
dativeperspicācīperspicācīperspicācī
accusativeperspicācemperspicācemperspicāx
ablativeperspicācī
perspicāce		perspicācī
perspicāce		perspicācī
perspicāce
vocativeperspicāxperspicāxperspicāx
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeperspicācēsperspicācēsperspicācia
genitiveperspicāciumperspicāciumperspicācium
dativeperspicācibusperspicācibusperspicācibus
accusativeperspicācīs
perspicācēs		perspicācīs
perspicācēs		perspicācia
ablativeperspicācibusperspicācibusperspicācibus
vocativeperspicācēsperspicācēsperspicācia

perspĭcax, ācis, adj. perspicio,
I. sharp -sighted, penetrating, acute, perspicacious: perspicax prudentia, old poet ap. Cic. Off. 3, 26, 98: homo (with astutus), Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 1: ad aliquam rem, id. ib. 2, 3, 129: sequemur et id, quod acutum et perspicax naturā est, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 100: ales oculis perspicax, unguibus pertinax, App. de Deo Soc. p. 108 Hildebr.; cf. id. Mag. 53: homo perspicacior Lynceo vel Argo et oculus totus, App. M. 2, p. 124, 38.—Adv.: perspĭcācĭter, acutely, sharp-sightedly, Amm. 26, 6, 1; 29, 1, 38.—Comp.: perspicacius, Consol. Phil. 3 Boëth.; id. Metr. 11, 5.

Origins

From perspiciō (“to perceive”) + -āx (“inclined to”).

Descendants
  • Catalanperspicaç
  • Englishperspicacious
  • Frenchperspicace
  • Italianperspicace
  • Portugueseperspicaz
  • Romanianperspicace
  • Spanishperspicaz

Quick answers

What does perspicāx mean in Latin?
perspicāx, a adjective, means “sharp-sighted, quick-sighted, perspicacious”.
How do you pronounce perspicāx?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɛr.spɪ.kaːks]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpɛr.spi.kaks].