austeritas

Latin

Etymology

From austērus (“sour, bitter; severe, rigid”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯sˈteː.ri.taːs/, [äu̯s̠ˈt̪eːrɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯sˈte.ri.tas/, [äu̯sˈt̪ɛːrit̪äs]

Noun

austēritās f (genitive austēritātis); third declension

1. (of taste) bitterness, harshness, sourness, astringency
2. (of colors) darkness, dinginess, sombreness
3. (figuratively) severity, austerity, strictness, sternness, rigor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	austēritās	austēritātēs
genitive	austēritātis	austēritātum
dative	austēritātī	austēritātibus
accusative	austēritātem	austēritātēs
ablative	austēritāte	austēritātibus
vocative	austēritās	austēritātēs

Synonyms

• (bitterness): acerbitās, amāritās, amāritiēs, amāritūdō, amārulentia

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “bitterness”): dulcēdō, dulcitās, dulcitūdō, dulcor, mel, mellinia, suāvitās

Related terms

• austērē
• austērus

Descendants

• → Catalan: austeritat
• → French: austérité
• → Galician: austeridade
• → Italian: austerità
• → Portuguese: austeridade
• → Romanian: austeritate
• → Spanish: austeridad

References

• “austeritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "austeritas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• austeritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.