industrius
Latin
Etymology
Probably from indu (“in, within”), archaic variation of in, + struō (“build”).
Sometimes connected to Old High German ustrī (“industry”), Old English and-ūstrian (“to hate, detest”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈdus.tri.us/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪ʊs̠t̪riʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈdus.tri.us/, [in̪ˈd̪ust̪rius]
Adjective
industrius (feminine industria, neuter industrium, comparative industrior or industriior); first/second-declension adjective
- active, industrious, assiduous, diligent
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | industrius | industria | industrium | industriī | industriae | industria | |
| Genitive | industriī | industriae | industriī | industriōrum | industriārum | industriōrum | |
| Dative | industriō | industriō | industriīs | ||||
| Accusative | industrium | industriam | industrium | industriōs | industriās | industria | |
| Ablative | industriō | industriā | industriō | industriīs | |||
| Vocative | industrie | industria | industrium | industriī | industriae | industria | |
Synonyms
- (active, industrious): impiger, nāvus
- (diligent): dīligēns, nāvus
Antonyms
- (active): dēses, inactuōsus, iners, reses, sēgnis, socors
- (diligent): incūriōsus, indīligēns, neglegēns
Derived terms
- industria
- industriē
Related terms
- industriōsē
- industriōsus
References
- “industrius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “industrius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- industrius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- industrius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette