perceptus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of percipiō (“perceive, observe”).

Participle

perceptus (feminine percepta, neuter perceptum); first/second-declension participle

1. perceived, observed, having been perceived or observed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	perceptus	percepta	perceptum		perceptī	perceptae	percepta
genitive	perceptī	perceptae	perceptī		perceptōrum	perceptārum	perceptōrum
dative	perceptō	perceptae	perceptō		perceptīs
accusative	perceptum	perceptam	perceptum		perceptōs	perceptās	percepta
ablative	perceptō	perceptā	perceptō		perceptīs
vocative	percepte	percepta	perceptum		perceptī	perceptae	percepta

Derived terms

• imperceptus

Descendants

• English: percept
• Italian: percetto
• Sicilian: pircettu
• Old Spanish: percaptar
  • • Spanish: percatar

References

• “perceptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perceptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perceptus 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 well-informed, erudite: multa cognita, percepta habere, multa didicisse
    
  • to be well acquainted with the views of philosophers: praecepta philosophorum (penitus) percepta habere