tristitas

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Latin

Etymology

From trīstis (sad, melancholy) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

tristitās f (genitive tristitātis); third declension

  1. sadness, melancholy
    Synonyms: maeror, maestitia, trīstitia, trīstitūdō, aegritūdō, lūctus, trīstitiēs, cūra, dēsīderium
    Antonyms: gaudium, dēlectātiō, lascīvia, voluptās, laetitia, alacritās, fēlīcitās, laetitūdō, beātitūdō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tristitās tristitātēs
Genitive tristitātis tristitātum
Dative tristitātī tristitātibus
Accusative tristitātem tristitātēs
Ablative tristitāte tristitātibus
Vocative tristitās tristitātēs

References

  • tristitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tristitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.