argutia

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Latin

Etymology

From argūtus (“eloquent”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈɡuː.ti.a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈɡut.t͡si.a/,

Noun

argūtia f (genitive argūtiae); first declension

(chiefly in the plural) liveliness, nimbleness
(chiefly in the plural) clever use of words; verbal trickery, wit; sophistry

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	argūtia	argūtiae
genitive	argūtiae	argūtiārum
dative	argūtiae	argūtiīs
accusative	argūtiam	argūtiās
ablative	argūtiā	argūtiīs
vocative	argūtia	argūtiae

Descendants

→ Catalan: argúcia
→ French: argutie
- → Romanian: arguție
→ Galician: argucia
→ Italian: arguzia
→ Portuguese: argúcia
→ Spanish: argucia

References

“argūtĭae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Félix Gaffiot (1934) “argūtĭae”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.

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