perappositus

Latin

Etymology

per- +‎ appositus (“apt”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛ.rapˈpɔ.sɪ.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pe.rapˈpɔː.s̬i.tus]

Adjective

perappositus (feminine perapposita, neuter perappositum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (hapax legomenon) very suitable, highly becoming
   • 55 BCE, Cicero, De Oratore 2.274.2:

     "...non solum mimis perapposita, sed etiam quodam modo nobis..."

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	perappositus	perapposita	perappositum		perappositī	perappositae	perapposita
genitive	perappositī	perappositae	perappositī		perappositōrum	perappositārum	perappositōrum
dative	perappositō	perappositae	perappositō		perappositīs
accusative	perappositum	perappositam	perappositum		perappositōs	perappositās	perapposita
ablative	perappositō	perappositā	perappositō		perappositīs
vocative	perapposite	perapposita	perappositum		perappositī	perappositae	perapposita

References

• “perappositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perappositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “perappositus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.