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Latin
Etymology
īrācundus + -ia
Pronunciation
Noun
īrācundia f (genitive īrācundiae); first declension
- irritability, a proneness to anger, hastiness of temper, irascibility, wrathfulness
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “iracundia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- iracundia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge: iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant or ut u. libido sit or iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem
- to be fired with rage: iracundia inflammatum esse
- to be transported with passion: iracundia exardescere, effervescere
- to be carried away by one's anger: iracundia efferri
- to restrain, master one's passion: iracundiam continere, cohibere, reprimere
- to prevent some one from growing angry, appease his anger: animum alicuius ab iracundia revocare
Spanish
Noun
iracundia f (plural iracundias)
- irritability
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