duritia

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Latin

Etymology

From dūrus (“hard”) +‎ -itia.

Pronunciation

Noun

dūritia f (genitive dūritiae); first declension

  1. hardness, rigidity
    Synonyms: dūritās, dūritiēs
  2. (of taste) harsh, having a harsh flavor
  3. (figuratively) austerity, severity
  4. (figuratively) insensibility, absence of feeling
  5. harshness, strictness, rigor

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dūritia dūritiae
Genitive dūritiae dūritiārum
Dative dūritiae dūritiīs
Accusative dūritiam dūritiās
Ablative dūritiā dūritiīs
Vocative dūritia dūritiae

Descendants

References

  • “duritia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “duritia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • duritia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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