perspicax

perspĭcax, ācis, adj. [perspicio],

• sharp -sighted, penetrating, acute, perspicacious: perspicax prudentia, old poet ap. Cic. Off. 3, 26, 98: homo (with astutus), Ter. Heaut. 874: ad aliquam rem, id. ib. 370: sequemur et id, quod acutum et perspicax naturā est, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 100: ales oculis perspicax, unguibus pertinax, Ap. Deo Socr. p. 108 Hildebr.; cf. id. Mag. 53: homo perspicacior Lynceo vel Argo et oculus totus, Ap. Met. 2, 23, 8.—Adv.: perspĭcācĭter, acutely, sharp-sightedly, Amm.26, 6, 1; 29, 1, 38.—Comp.: perspicacius, Consol. Phil. 3 Boëth.; id. Metr. 11, 5.

perspicāx, ācis (perspicio), scharfsichtig, a) physisch: ales oculis perspicax, unguibus pertinax, Apul. de deo Socr. prol. p. 3, 21 G. (p. 108 H.). – homo perspicacior ipso Lynceo vel Argo, Apul. met. 2, 23. – perspicacissimi oculorum obtutus, Cassian. coen. inst. 5, 15. – b) geistig = einsichtsvoll, v. Pers., ego me non tam astutum neque ita perspicacem esse id scio, Ter.: patrem novisti ad (in bezug auf) has res quam sit perspicax, Ter.: Palamedis perspicax prudentia, Tragic. vet. fr.: id quod acutum ac perspicax naturā est, Cic.: tam perspicaci iudice, Apul. apol. 53: id quod intellectu perspicassimo assequi non valemus, Augustin. de peccat. merit. 3, 2.

perspicax [CL] 1 who or that sees clearly, sharp-sighted:: a (of person); b (of eye or eyesight). c (as sb. m.) sharp-sighted person. a eloquens sermone, acie ~ax oculorum V. II Off. 10.  b ~acissimis [v. l. ~acissimi] mundi cordis conspectibus Aldh. Met. 2 p. 65; oculo ‥ ~aci sanoque aere vix apparebit Adel. Elk. 22.  c baculus ‥ in aqua fractus videtur, etiam ~acissimis J. Sal. Met. 923B. 2 who or that perceives clearly or understands thoroughly (as a result of careful examination), perspicacious: a (of person sts. w. abl. or in & abl. to specify perspicacity); b (w. abl. to specify faculty); c (w. in & abl. to specify field of operation); d (of mental faculty). a ~aces astrologi qui secreta physice subtiliter rimati sunt Ord. Vit. III 11 p. 116; qui multo minus ~aces sumus quam fuerit Augustinus vel Jeronimus Gros. Cess. Leg. IV 3 p. 166.  b erat ‥ ingenio ~ax J. Sal. Thom. 1; non sunt ‥ mulieres, ut viri, viribus robuste, ingenio ~aces et natura, corporibus agiles, animo audaces Fortescue NLN II 62.  c strenuus in operibus bonis, ~ax in deprehendendis malorum insidiis Bede Prov. 960; iste in responsis ~ax, brevis et commodus J. Sal. Met. 867D; quam ~ax in pronunciandis precise sentenciis V. Edm. Rich C 609.  d cum ‥ veternus invisor mente ~aci comperiret quod ‥ B. V. Dunst. 16; sepe enim contingit ‥ ut quanto [anima] morti proximior est, tanto ~atiori mentis acumine plus solito recordetur et cuncta provideat Petrus Dial. 49; utrum ad episcopatum eligeret Eyelwii ~acem industriam in seculo an Wlstani simplicem religionem in Deo W. Malm. Wulfst. I 11; licet enim quis ~acem habeat rationem anime J. Sal. Met. 861B; potens et ~ax mentis acies J. Ford Serm. 48. 9; habent intellectum magis abstrahentem et magis ~acem Duns Ord. III 168. 3 (in gl., perh. assoc. w. perspicuus) clearly visible. ~ax, clarus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 469.

perspĭcāx, (15) ācis (perspicio), qui a la vue perçante : -cacior Apul. M. 2, 23 || [fig.] clairvoyant, pénétrant : Cic. Off. 1, 100 || -cissimus Cassian. Inst. 5, 15.

perspicax , acis. adj. c.
聰明。智慧者。

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perspicāx ācis, adj.

• per+SPEC-, sharpsighted, penetrating, acute, perspicacious: prudentia: homo, T.: ad has res, T.: alqd naturā.