distinctus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of distinguō.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

distīnctus (feminine distīncta, neuter distīnctum, comparative distīnctior, superlative distīnctissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. distinct, separate

   Synonyms: īnsignis, cōnspicuus, praecipuus, eximius, ēgregius

2. definite, lucid

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	distīnctus	distīncta	distīnctum		distīnctī	distīnctae	distīncta
genitive	distīnctī	distīnctae	distīnctī		distīnctōrum	distīnctārum	distīnctōrum
dative	distīnctō	distīnctae	distīnctō		distīnctīs
accusative	distīnctum	distīnctam	distīnctum		distīnctōs	distīnctās	distīncta
ablative	distīnctō	distīnctā	distīnctō		distīnctīs
vocative	distīncte	distīncta	distīnctum		distīnctī	distīnctae	distīncta

Related terms

• distīnctiō

Descendants

• Catalan: distint
• English: distinct
• French: distinct
• Galician: distinto
• Italian: distinto
• Piedmontese: distint
• 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