perplexus
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛrˈpɫɛk.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [perˈplɛk.sus]
Adjective
perplexus (feminine perplexa, neuter perplexum); first/second-declension adjective
- entangled, involved, intricate, confused
- (figuratively) unintelligible, complicated, intricate, inscrutable, ambiguous; dark, obscure
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | perplexus | perplexa | perplexum | perplexī | perplexae | perplexa | |
| genitive | perplexī | perplexae | perplexī | perplexōrum | perplexārum | perplexōrum | |
| dative | perplexō | perplexae | perplexō | perplexīs | |||
| accusative | perplexum | perplexam | perplexum | perplexōs | perplexās | perplexa | |
| ablative | perplexō | perplexā | perplexō | perplexīs | |||
| vocative | perplexe | perplexa | perplexum | perplexī | perplexae | perplexa | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: perplex
- → Dutch: perplex
- → French: perplexe
- → German: perplex
- → Italian: perplesso
- → Portuguese: perplexo
- → Romanian: perplex
- → Spanish: perplejo
- → Swedish: perplex
References
- “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.