perplexus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) 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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | perplexus | perplexa | perplexum | perplexī | perplexae | perplexa | |
| Genitive | perplexī | perplexae | perplexī | perplexōrum | perplexārum | perplexōrum | |
| Dative | perplexō | 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.