distinctus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of distinguō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /disˈtiːnk.tus/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈt̪iːŋkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /disˈtink.tus/, [d̪isˈt̪iŋkt̪us]
Adjective
distīnctus (feminine distīncta, neuter distīnctum, comparative distīnctior, superlative distīnctissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- distinct, separate
- Synonyms: īnsignis, cōnspicuus, praecipuus, eximius, ēgregius
- definite, lucid
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | distīnctus | distīncta | distīnctum | distīnctī | distīnctae | distīncta | |
| Genitive | distīnctī | distīnctae | distīnctī | distīnctōrum | distīnctārum | distīnctōrum | |
| Dative | distīnctō | distīnctō | distīnctīs | ||||
| Accusative | distīnctum | distīnctam | distīnctum | distīnctōs | distīnctās | distīncta | |
| Ablative | distīnctō | distīnctā | distīnctō | distīnctīs | |||
| Vocative | distīncte | distīncta | distīnctum | distīnctī | distīnctae | distīncta | |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “distinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “distinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- distinctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the star-lit sky; the firmament: caelum astris distinctum et ornatum
- the star-lit sky; the firmament: caelum astris distinctum et ornatum
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