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Latin
Etymology
From alacer (“brisk”) + -tās (“-ity”).
Pronunciation
Noun
alacritās f (genitive alacritātis); third declension
- cheerfulness, liveliness, gaiety, animation
- Synonyms: impigritās, strēnuitās, āctīvitās
- Antonyms: sēgnitia, pigritia, inertia, ignāvia, dēsidia, sōcordia, ōtium
- alacrity, eagerness, persistence, zeal, fervour, ardour
- Synonyms: vehementia, ardor, studium, impetus, calor
- joy, rejoicing, exultation, triumph
- Synonyms: dēlicium, dēlectātiō, voluptās, laetitia, gaudium
- Antonyms: maeror, maestitia, aegritūdō, lūctus, trīstitia, trīstitūdō, tristitās, dēsīderium
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “alacritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “alacritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alacritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.