certus
Latin
Etymology
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Derived from the perfect passive participle of cernō.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈker.tus/, [ˈkɛrt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.tus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrt̪us]
Adjective
certus (feminine certa, neuter certum, comparative certior, superlative certissimus, adverb certē or certō); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | certus | certa | certum | certī | certae | certa | |
Genitive | certī | certae | certī | certōrum | certārum | certōrum | |
Dative | certō | certō | certīs | ||||
Accusative | certum | certam | certum | certōs | certās | certa | |
Ablative | certō | certā | certō | certīs | |||
Vocative | certe | certa | certum | certī | certae | certa |
- comparative: certior, superlative: certissimus.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “certus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “certus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- certus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- certus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the fixed stars: sidera certis locis infixa
- this much is certain: hoc (not tantum) certum est
- I am quite certain on the point: mihi exploratum est, exploratum (certum) habeo
- I am determined: certum (mihi) est
- I am firmly resolved: certum deliberatumque est
- to impose fixed limitations: fines certos terminosque constituere
- (ambiguous) I know for a fact: certo (certe) scio (Arch. 12. 32)
- (ambiguous) this much I can vouch for: illud pro certo affirmare licet
- (ambiguous) to be based on a sound principle: a certa ratione proficisci
- the fixed stars: sidera certis locis infixa
- certus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016