strenuitas

Latin

Etymology

From strēnuus (“brisk, quick”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /streːˈnu.i.taːs/, [s̠t̪reːˈnuɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /streˈnu.i.tas/, [st̪reˈnuːit̪äs]

Noun

strēnuitās f (genitive strēnuitātis); third declension

1. nimbleness, briskness, vivacity, activity

   Synonyms: impigritās, alacritās, āctīvitās

   Antonyms: sēgnitia, pigritia, inertia, ignāvia, dēsidia, sōcordia, ōtium

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	strēnuitās	strēnuitātēs
Genitive	strēnuitātis	strēnuitātum
Dative	strēnuitātī	strēnuitātibus
Accusative	strēnuitātem	strēnuitātēs
Ablative	strēnuitāte	strēnuitātibus
Vocative	strēnuitās	strēnuitātēs

Related terms

• strēnuē
• strēnuus

Descendants

• Spanish: estrenuidad

References

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