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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

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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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|gf=<b>perspĭcāx</b>,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.
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Revision as of 07:00, 14 August 2017

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