captiosus

Latin

Etymology

From captiō +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kap.tiˈoː.sus/, [käpt̪iˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kap.t͡siˈo.sus/, [käpt̪͡s̪iˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

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

  1. fallacious, deceptive
  2. captious
  3. harmful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative captiōsus captiōsa captiōsum captiōsī captiōsae captiōsa
Genitive captiōsī captiōsae captiōsī captiōsōrum captiōsārum captiōsōrum
Dative captiōsō 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
  • 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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