morositas
Latin
Etymology 1
morōsus (“peevish”, “wayward”, “capricious”, “difficult [to please]”) + -tās (suffix forming nouns indicating states of being)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moːˈroː.si.taːs/, [moːˈroːs̠ɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈro.si.tas/, [moˈrɔːs̬it̪äs]
Noun
mōrōsitās f (genitive mōrōsitātis); third declension
- peevishness, fretfulness, moroseness, gloom, ill-humor, moodiness, morosity
- niceness, pedantry, over-scrupulousness, too great nicety, captiousness, persnicketiness, over-refinement, purism
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mōrōsitās | mōrōsitātēs |
| Genitive | mōrōsitātis | mōrōsitātum |
| Dative | mōrōsitātī | mōrōsitātibus |
| Accusative | mōrōsitātem | mōrōsitātēs |
| Ablative | mōrōsitāte | mōrōsitātibus |
| Vocative | mōrōsitās | mōrōsitātēs |
Descendants
- French: morosité
- English: morosity
References
- “mōrōsĭtas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mōrōsĭtās in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 995/3
- “mōrōsitās” on page 1,135/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2
morōsus (“slow [in coming]”, “lingering”) + -tās (suffix forming nouns indicating states of being).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moˈroː.si.taːs/, [mɔˈroːs̠ɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈro.si.tas/, [moˈrɔːs̬it̪äs]
Noun
morōsitās f (genitive morōsitātis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) procrastination
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | morōsitās | morōsitātēs |
| Genitive | morōsitātis | morōsitātum |
| Dative | morōsitātī | morōsitātibus |
| Accusative | morōsitātem | morōsitātēs |
| Ablative | morōsitāte | morōsitātibus |
| Vocative | morōsitās | morōsitātēs |
Synonyms
- (procrastination): prōcrāstinātiō
References
- “morositas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “morositas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- morositas 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)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “morositas”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 705/2