Italian edit

Noun edit

pertinacia f (plural pertinacie)

  1. pertinacity

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

From pertināx +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pertinācia f (genitive pertināciae); first declension

  1. perseverance, constancy
  2. obstinacy, stubbornness

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pertinācia pertināciae
Genitive pertināciae pertināciārum
Dative pertināciae pertināciīs
Accusative pertināciam pertināciās
Ablative pertināciā pertināciīs
Vocative pertinācia pertināciae

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Descendants edit

  • Catalan: pertinàcia

References edit

  • pertinacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pertinacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pertinacia 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)
  • pertinacia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin pertinācia.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾtiˈnaθja/ [peɾ.t̪iˈna.θja]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /peɾtiˈnasja/ [peɾ.t̪iˈna.sja]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -aθja
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -asja
  • Syllabification: per‧ti‧na‧cia

Noun edit

pertinacia f (plural pertinacias)

  1. persistence
  2. obstinacy

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