sedulitas
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
sēdulitās f (genitive sēdulitātis); third declension
- sedulity, sedulousness, application, assiduity, earnestness, zeal,
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.667–668:
- orta suburbānīs quaedam fuit Annā Bovillīs,
pauper, sed multae sēdulitātis ānus.- There was a certain Anna, born at Bovillae outside the city,
a poor old woman, but [someone] of much sedulity.
Or, in more idiomatic English:
[...] a poor old woman who still kept herself very active.
(The ancient Romans celebrated the festival of Anna Perenna on the Ides of March.)
- There was a certain Anna, born at Bovillae outside the city,
- orta suburbānīs quaedam fuit Annā Bovillīs,
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sēdulitās | sēdulitātēs |
| Genitive | sēdulitātis | sēdulitātum |
| Dative | sēdulitātī | sēdulitātibus |
| Accusative | sēdulitātem | sēdulitātēs |
| Ablative | sēdulitāte | sēdulitātibus |
| Vocative | sēdulitās | sēdulitātēs |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “sedulitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sedulitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sedulitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.