captiosus

captiosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti
Proto-Italic *kapjō
Old Latin kapiō
Latin capiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin captiō
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.
Latin -ōsus
Latin captiōsus

    From captiō + -ōsus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    captiōsus (feminine captiōsa, neuter captiōsum, comparative captiōsior); first/second-declension adjective

    1. fallacious, deceptive
    2. captious
    3. harmful

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative captiōsus captiōsa captiōsum captiōsī captiōsae captiōsa
    genitive captiōsī captiōsae captiōsī captiōsōrum captiōsārum captiōsōrum
    dative captiōsō captiōsae captiōsō captiōsīs
    accusative captiōsum captiōsam captiōsum captiōsōs captiōsās captiōsa
    ablative captiōsō captiōsā captiōsō captiōsīs
    vocative captiōse captiōsa captiōsum captiōsī captiōsae captiōsa

    Descendants

    • → Catalan: capciós
    • → English: captious
    • → French: captieux
    • → Italian: capzioso, cazzioso
    • → Portuguese: capcioso

    References

    • “captiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “captiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “captiosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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