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Italian
Etymology
From Latin pervicācia.
Noun
pervicacia f (plural pervicacie)
- stubbornness, obstinacy
Further reading
- pervicacia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
pervicāx + -ia
Noun
pervicācia f (genitive pervicāciae); first declension
- persistence
- obstinacy
1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos:Nos quidem tantam hominum pervicaciam, quorum effrenatus furor impunitate diuturna, impensaeque nostrae benignitatis indulgentia non deliniri, sed ali potius conspiciebatur, […] debuimus tandem virga compescere;- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Etymology 2
Adjective
pervicācia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of pervicāx
References
- “pervicacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pervicacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pervicacia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.