arduitas
Latin
Etymology
arduus + -tās
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /arˈdu.i.taːs/, [ärˈd̪uɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈdu.i.tas/, [ärˈd̪uːit̪äs]
Noun
arduitās f (genitive arduitātis); third declension
- (Classical Latin) steepness (state or quality of being steep)
- (Medieval Latin) eminence, importance, prominence
- (Medieval Latin) arduity, arduousness, difficulty
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | arduitās | arduitātēs |
| Genitive | arduitātis | arduitātum |
| Dative | arduitātī | arduitātibus |
| Accusative | arduitātem | arduitātēs |
| Ablative | arduitāte | arduitātibus |
| Vocative | arduitās | arduitātēs |
Synonyms
- (eminence, importance, prominence): ēminentia (Classical)
Descendants
- Catalan: arduïtat
- English: arduity
- French: arduité
- Italian: arduità
- Portuguese: arduidade
- Spanish: arduidad
References
- “ardŭĭtas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- arduitas 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)
- ardŭĭtās in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 157/2
- “arduitās” on page 165/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “arduitas”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 58/2