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Latin
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (“to be stiff, rigid, strong”), itself perhaps extended from *ster- (“stiff”). See strena (“auspicious sign”) for more.
Pronunciation
Adjective
strēnuus (feminine strēnua, neuter strēnuum, adverb strēnuē); first/second-declension adjective
- brisk, nimble, quick, prompt, active
- Synonyms: strēnuosus, impiger, vīvus, laetus, acer, alacer
- Antonyms: sēgnis, deses, socors
- vigorous, strenuous
- Synonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, potēns, validus, ingēns, firmus, compos
- Antonyms: dēbilis, languidus, aeger, fractus, tenuis, obnoxius, īnfirmus, inops
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “strenuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “strenuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- strenuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.