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|lnetxt=perspicax perspicacis (gen.), perspicacior -or -us, perspicacissimus -a -um ADJ :: observant, attentive to what is going on; having keen/penetrating sight/vision
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|lshtext=<b>perspĭcax</b>: ācis, adj. [[perspicio]],<br /><b>I</b> [[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.
|lshtext=<b>perspĭcax</b>: ācis, adj. [[perspicio]],<br /><b>I</b> [[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.
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|georg=perspicāx, ācis ([[perspicio]]), [[scharfsichtig]], a) [[physisch]]: [[ales]] oculis [[perspicax]], unguibus [[pertinax]], Apul. de deo Socr. prol. p. 3, 21 G. (p. 108 H.). – [[homo]] perspicacior ipso Lynceo [[vel]] [[Argo]], Apul. [[met]]. 2, 23. – perspicacissimi oculorum [[obtutus]], Cassian. coen. inst. 5, 15. – b) [[geistig]] = einsichtsvoll, v. Pers., [[ego]] me [[non]] [[tam]] astutum [[neque]] [[ita]] perspicacem [[esse]] id [[scio]], Ter.: patrem novisti ad (in bezug [[auf]]) has [[res]] [[quam]] sit [[perspicax]], Ter.: Palamedis [[perspicax]] [[prudentia]], Tragic. vet. fr.: id [[quod]] [[acutum]] ac [[perspicax]] naturā est, Cic.: [[tam]] perspicaci iudice, Apul. apol. 53: id [[quod]] intellectu perspicassimo assequi [[non]] valemus, Augustin. de peccat. merit. 3, 2.
|georg=perspicāx, ācis ([[perspicio]]), [[scharfsichtig]], a) [[physisch]]: [[ales]] oculis [[perspicax]], unguibus [[pertinax]], Apul. de deo Socr. prol. p. 3, 21 G. (p. 108 H.). – [[homo]] perspicacior ipso Lynceo [[vel]] [[Argo]], Apul. [[met]]. 2, 23. – perspicacissimi oculorum [[obtutus]], Cassian. coen. inst. 5, 15. – b) [[geistig]] = einsichtsvoll, v. Pers., [[ego]] me [[non]] [[tam]] astutum [[neque]] [[ita]] perspicacem [[esse]] id [[scio]], Ter.: patrem novisti ad (in bezug [[auf]]) has [[res]] [[quam]] sit [[perspicax]], Ter.: Palamedis [[perspicax]] [[prudentia]], Tragic. vet. fr.: id [[quod]] [[acutum]] ac [[perspicax]] naturā est, Cic.: [[tam]] perspicaci iudice, Apul. apol. 53: id [[quod]] intellectu perspicassimo assequi [[non]] valemus, Augustin. de peccat. merit. 3, 2.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=perspicax perspicacis (gen.), perspicacior -or -us, perspicacissimus -a -um ADJ :: observant, attentive to what is going on; having keen/penetrating sight/vision
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Revision as of 14:30, 19 October 2022

Latin > English

perspicax perspicacis (gen.), perspicacior -or -us, perspicacissimus -a -um ADJ :: observant, attentive to what is going on; having keen/penetrating sight/vision

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

perspĭcāx,¹⁵ ācis (perspicio), qui a la vue perçante : -cacior Apul. M. 2, 23 || [fig.] clairvoyant, pénétrant : Cic. Off. 1, 100 || -cissimus Cassian. Inst. 5, 15.

Latin > German (Georges)

perspicāx, ācis (perspicio), scharfsichtig, a) physisch: ales oculis perspicax, unguibus pertinax, Apul. de deo Socr. prol. p. 3, 21 G. (p. 108 H.). – homo perspicacior ipso Lynceo vel Argo, Apul. met. 2, 23. – perspicacissimi oculorum obtutus, Cassian. coen. inst. 5, 15. – b) geistig = einsichtsvoll, v. Pers., ego me non tam astutum neque ita perspicacem esse id scio, Ter.: patrem novisti ad (in bezug auf) has res quam sit perspicax, Ter.: Palamedis perspicax prudentia, Tragic. vet. fr.: id quod acutum ac perspicax naturā est, Cic.: tam perspicaci iudice, Apul. apol. 53: id quod intellectu perspicassimo assequi non valemus, Augustin. de peccat. merit. 3, 2.