perspicax
ὃς ἂν βούληται τῆν γῆν κινῆσαι κινησάτω τὸ πρῶτον ἑαυτόν → let him that would move the world first move himself
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.
