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Latin
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Latin assiduus
From assid(eō) + -uus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
assiduus (feminine assidua, neuter assiduum, superlative assiduissimus, adverb assiduē); first/second-declension adjective
- constant, regular, perpetual
- Synonyms: aeternus, aeternus, perennis, continuātus, perpetuus, diuturnus
- unremitting, incessant
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “assiduus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- assiduus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be always in some one's company: assiduum esse cum aliquo