acritudo

Latin

Etymology

From ācer (“sharp, pungent”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aː.kriˈtuː.doː/, [äːkrɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.kriˈtu.do/, [äkriˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

ācritūdō f (genitive ācritūdinis); third declension

1. sharpness, pungency
2. liveliness, vivacity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ācritūdō	ācritūdinēs
Genitive	ācritūdinis	ācritūdinum
Dative	ācritūdinī	ācritūdinibus
Accusative	ācritūdinem	ācritūdinēs
Ablative	ācritūdine	ācritūdinibus
Vocative	ācritūdō	ācritūdinēs

Synonyms

• (sharpness): ācritās
• (liveliness): ācritās

Related terms

• ācer
• ācrimōnia
• ācritās
• ācriter

Descendants

• English: acritude
• Portuguese: acritude
• Spanish: acritud

References

• “acritudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acritudo 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)
• acritudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.