perplexus

== Latin == === Etymology === 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 entangled, involved, intricate, confused (figuratively) unintelligible, complicated, intricate, inscrutable, ambiguous; dark, obscure ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== 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.