distinctus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of distinguō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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

1. distinct, separate
2. 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

• distinctiō

Descendants

• Catalan: distint
• English: distinct
• French: distinct
• Italian: distinto
• Portuguese: distinto
• Romanian: distinct
• Spanish: distinto

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the star-lit sky; the firmament: caelum astris distinctum et ornatum