perplexus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /perˈplek.sus/, [pɛrˈpɫ̪ɛks̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈplek.sus/, [perˈplɛksus]
Adjective
[edit]perplexus (feminine perplexa, neuter perplexum); first/second-declension adjective
- entangled, involved, intricate, confused
- (figuratively) unintelligible, complicated, intricate, inscrutable, ambiguous; dark, obscure
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | perplexus | perplexa | perplexum | perplexī | perplexae | perplexa | |
| genitive | perplexī | perplexae | perplexī | perplexōrum | perplexārum | perplexōrum | |
| dative | perplexō | perplexae | perplexō | perplexīs | |||
| accusative | perplexum | perplexam | perplexum | perplexōs | perplexās | perplexa | |
| ablative | perplexō | perplexā | perplexō | perplexīs | |||
| vocative | perplexe | perplexa | perplexum | perplexī | perplexae | perplexa | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: perplex
- → Dutch: perplex
- → French: perplexe
- → German: perplex
- → Italian: perplesso
- → Portuguese: perplexo
- → Romanian: perplex
- → Spanish: perplejo
- → Swedish: perplex
References
[edit]- “perplexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perplexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perplexus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.