pertinax
See also: Pertinax
Latin
Etymology
From per- + tenāx (“tenacious”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈper.ti.naːks/, [ˈpɛrt̪ɪnäːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈper.ti.naks/, [ˈpɛrt̪inäks]
Adjective
pertināx (genitive pertinācis, comparative pertinācior, superlative pertinācissimus, adverb pertināciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | pertināx | pertinācēs | pertinācia | ||
Genitive | pertinācis | pertinācium | |||
Dative | pertinācī | pertinācibus | |||
Accusative | pertinācem | pertināx | pertinācēs | pertinācia | |
Ablative | pertinācī | pertinācibus | |||
Vocative | pertināx | pertinācēs | pertinācia |
References
- “pertinax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pertinax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pertinax 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)
- pertinax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be dogmatic; positive: pertinacem (opp. clementem) esse in disputando
- to be dogmatic; positive: pertinacem (opp. clementem) esse in disputando
- “pertinax”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers