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Latin
Etymology
From a Proto-Italic *arðwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰwós, from *h₃erdʰ- + *-wós (whence Latin -uus). Cognate with Latin arbor (“tree”), Welsh ardd (“high; hill”), Old Irish ard (“high; height”), Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “upright, straight”), Sanskrit ऊर्ध्व (ūrdhvá, “rising upwards, high”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
arduus (feminine ardua, neuter arduum); first/second-declension adjective
- lofty, high, steep, tall, elevated
- hard to reach, difficult, laborious, arduous
Nihil mortalibus ardui est.- Nothing is hard for mortals. (Horace)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “arduus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “arduus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- arduus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.