argutia
Latin
Etymology
From argūtus (“eloquent”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /arˈɡuː.ti.a/, [ärˈɡuːt̪iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈɡut.t͡si.a/, [ärˈɡut̪ː͡s̪iä]
Noun
argūtia f (genitive argūtiae); first declension
- (chiefly in the plural) liveliness, nimbleness
- (chiefly in the plural) clever use of words; verbal trickery, wit; sophistry
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | argūtia | argūtiae |
| Genitive | argūtiae | argūtiārum |
| Dative | argūtiae | argūtiīs |
| Accusative | argūtiam | argūtiās |
| Ablative | argūtiā | argūtiīs |
| Vocative | argūtia | argūtiae |
Descendants
- → Catalan: argúcia
- → French: argutie
- → Romanian: arguție
- → Galician: argucia
- → Italian: arguzia
- → Portuguese: argúcia
- → Spanish: argucia
References
- “argūtĭae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- argūtĭae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette