arduitas

Latin

Etymology

arduus +‎ -tās

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈdu.i.taːs/, [ärˈd̪uɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈdu.i.tas/, [ärˈd̪uːit̪äs]

Noun

arduitās f (genitive arduitātis); third declension

1. (Classical Latin) steepness (state or quality of being steep)
2. (Medieval Latin) eminence, importance, prominence
3. (Medieval Latin) arduity, arduousness, difficulty

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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