conspicuus

Latin

Etymology

From cōnspic(iō) (“to notice”) +‎ -uus, from con- (“with, together”) + speciō (“look at”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈspi.ku.us/, [kõːˈs̠pɪkuʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈspi.ku.us/, [konˈspiːkuːs]

Adjective

cōnspicuus (feminine cōnspicua, neuter cōnspicuum); first/second-declension adjective

1. visible

   Synonym: manifestus

   Antonyms: clandestinus, perobscūrus, occultus, arcānus, sēcrētus

2. striking, conspicuous, distinguished, illustrious, remarkable (attracting attention)

   Synonyms: īnsignis, distīnctus, praecipuus, ēgregius, eximius

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cōnspicuus	cōnspicua	cōnspicuum		cōnspicuī	cōnspicuae	cōnspicua
genitive	cōnspicuī	cōnspicuae	cōnspicuī		cōnspicuōrum	cōnspicuārum	cōnspicuōrum
dative	cōnspicuō	cōnspicuae	cōnspicuō		cōnspicuīs
accusative	cōnspicuum	cōnspicuam	cōnspicuum		cōnspicuōs	cōnspicuās	cōnspicua
ablative	cōnspicuō	cōnspicuā	cōnspicuō		cōnspicuīs
vocative	cōnspicue	cōnspicua	cōnspicuum		cōnspicuī	cōnspicuae	cōnspicua

Descendants

• Catalan: conspicu
• English: conspicuous
• Galician: conspicuo
• Italian: cospicuo
• Portuguese: conspícuo
• Spanish: conspicuo

References

• “conspicuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conspicuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conspicuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make oneself conspicuous: conspici, conspicuum esse aliqua re