perplexus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Proto-Italic *per(i)-

Latin per-

Latin plectere

Latin perplexus

From per- + plectere.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛrˈpɫɛk.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [perˈplɛk.sus]

Adjective

perplexus (feminine perplexa, neuter perplexum); first/second-declension adjective

1. entangled, involved, intricate, confused
2. (figuratively) unintelligible, complicated, intricate, inscrutable, ambiguous; dark, obscure

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	perplexus	perplexa	perplexum		perplexī	perplexae	perplexa
genitive	perplexī	perplexae	perplexī		perplexōrum	perplexārum	perplexōrum
dative	perplexō	perplexae	perplexō		perplexīs
accusative	perplexum	perplexam	perplexum		perplexōs	perplexās	perplexa
ablative	perplexō	perplexā	perplexō		perplexīs
vocative	perplexe	perplexa	perplexum		perplexī	perplexae	perplexa

Derived terms

• perplexē

Descendants

• → English: perplex
• → Dutch: perplex
• → French: perplexe
• → German: perplex
• → Italian: perplesso
• → Portuguese: perplexo
• → Romanian: perplex
• → Spanish: perplejo
• → Swedish: perplex

References

• “perplexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perplexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “perplexus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.