exiguitas
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.siˈɡu.i.taːs/, [ɛks̠ɪˈɡuɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.siˈɡu.i.tas/, [eɡziˈɡuːit̪äs]
Noun edit
exiguitās f (genitive exiguitātis); third declension
- scantiness
- smallness, shortness
- 1637, Pierre de Fermat :
- Hanc [dēmōnstrātiōnem] marginis exiguitās nōn caperet.
- The smallness of the margin could not contain this [proof].
- Hanc [dēmōnstrātiōnem] marginis exiguitās nōn caperet.
- scarcity
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | exiguitās | exiguitātēs |
| Genitive | exiguitātis | exiguitātum |
| Dative | exiguitātī | exiguitātibus |
| Accusative | exiguitātem | exiguitātēs |
| Ablative | exiguitāte | exiguitātibus |
| Vocative | exiguitās | exiguitātēs |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: exigüitat
- French: exiguïté
- Galician: exigüidade
- Italian: esiguità
- Portuguese: exiguidade
- Spanish: exigüidad
References edit
- “exiguitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exiguitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exiguitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.