argutus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of arguō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [arˈɡuː.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [arˈɡuː.tus]

Adjective

argūtus (feminine argūta, neuter argūtum, comparative argūtior, superlative argūtissimus, adverb argūtē); first/second-declension adjective

1. expressive
2. lively
3. clear-sounding, noisy
4. talkative, loquacious
5. (of smell and taste) sharp, pungent
6. acute, sagacious, witty
7. sly, cunning, artful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	argūtus	argūta	argūtum		argūtī	argūtae	argūta
genitive	argūtī	argūtae	argūtī		argūtōrum	argūtārum	argūtōrum
dative	argūtō	argūtae	argūtō		argūtīs
accusative	argūtum	argūtam	argūtum		argūtōs	argūtās	argūta
ablative	argūtō	argūtā	argūtō		argūtīs
vocative	argūte	argūta	argūtum		argūtī	argūtae	argūta

Derived terms

• argūtia
• argūtulus

Descendants

• Italian: arguto
• → Portuguese: arguto

References

• “argutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “argutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• argutus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “argutus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.