conspicuus

Latin

Etymology

From cōnspic(iō) (“to notice”) +‎ -uus, from con- (“with, together”) + speciō (“look at”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cōnspicuus (feminine cōnspicua, neuter cōnspicuum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. visible
    Synonym: manifestus
    Antonyms: clandestinus, perobscūrus, occultus, arcānus, sēcrētus
  2. striking, conspicuous, distinguished, illustrious, remarkable (attracting attention)
    Synonyms: īnsignis, distīnctus, praecipuus, ēgregius, eximius

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōnspicuus cōnspicua cōnspicuum cōnspicuī cōnspicuae cōnspicua
Genitive cōnspicuī cōnspicuae cōnspicuī cōnspicuōrum cōnspicuārum cōnspicuōrum
Dative cōnspicuō cōnspicuō cōnspicuīs
Accusative cōnspicuum cōnspicuam cōnspicuum cōnspicuōs cōnspicuās cōnspicua
Ablative cōnspicuō cōnspicuā cōnspicuō cōnspicuīs
Vocative cōnspicue cōnspicua cōnspicuum cōnspicuī cōnspicuae cōnspicua

Descendants
  • Catalan: conspicu
  • English: conspicuous
  • Galician: conspicuo
  • Italian: cospicuo
  • Portuguese: conspícuo
  • Spanish: conspicuo

References
  • “conspicuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “conspicuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conspicuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to make oneself conspicuous: conspici, conspicuum esse aliqua re
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