LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

perspicuitās

perspicuitās f (genitive perspicuitātis)

Meaning

  1. transparency, clarity
  2. perspicuity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeperspicuitāsperspicuitātēs
genitiveperspicuitātisperspicuitātum
dativeperspicuitātīperspicuitātibus
accusativeperspicuitātemperspicuitātēs
ablativeperspicuitāteperspicuitātibus
vocativeperspicuitāsperspicuitātēs

perspĭcŭĭtas, ātis, f. perspicuus,
I. transparency, clearness.
I. Lit.: vitrea perspicuitas, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 141; 37, 5, 20, § 79.—
II. Trop., evidentness, clearness, perspicuity: nihil est clarius ἐναργεία, perspicuitatem, aut evidentiam nos, si placet, nominemus, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17: perspicuitas argumentatione elevatur, id. N. D. 3, 4, 9: perspicuitas in verbis praecipuam habet proprietatem, Quint. 8, 2, 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin perspicuitās From perspicuus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Englishperspicuity
  • Frenchperspicuité
  • Italianperspicuità
  • Spanishperspicuidad

In English words that came into English from perspicuitās

  • perspicuityperspicuitās

Quick answers

What does perspicuitās mean in Latin?
perspicuitās, a noun, means “transparency, clarity; perspicuity”.
What is the genitive of perspicuitās?
The genitive singular is perspicuitātis. perspicuitās is feminine, third declension.