strenuus
Latin
editEtymology
editProbably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (“to be stiff, rigid, strong”), itself perhaps extended from *ster- (“stiff”). See strena (“auspicious sign”) for more.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈstreː.nu.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈst̪rɛː.nu.us]
Adjective
editstrēnuus (feminine strēnua, neuter strēnuum, adverb strēnuē); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | strēnuus | strēnua | strēnuum | strēnuī | strēnuae | strēnua | |
genitive | strēnuī | strēnuae | strēnuī | strēnuōrum | strēnuārum | strēnuōrum | |
dative | strēnuō | strēnuae | strēnuō | strēnuīs | |||
accusative | strēnuum | strēnuam | strēnuum | strēnuōs | strēnuās | strēnua | |
ablative | strēnuō | strēnuā | strēnuō | strēnuīs | |||
vocative | strēnue | strēnua | strēnuum | strēnuī | strēnuae | strēnua |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “strenuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “strenuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- strenuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.