exiguitas

Latin

Etymology

From exiguus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ek.siˈɡu.i.taːs/, [ɛks̠ɪˈɡuɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.siˈɡu.i.tas/, [eɡziˈɡuːit̪äs]

Noun

exiguitās f (genitive exiguitātis); third declension

1. scantiness
2. smallness, shortness
   • 1637, Pierre de Fermat :

     Hanc [dēmōnstrātiōnem] marginis exiguitās nōn caperet.

     The smallness of the margin could not contain this [proof].

3. scarcity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	exiguitās	exiguitātēs
genitive	exiguitātis	exiguitātum
dative	exiguitātī	exiguitātibus
accusative	exiguitātem	exiguitātēs
ablative	exiguitāte	exiguitātibus
vocative	exiguitās	exiguitātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: exigüitat
• French: exiguïté
• Galician: exigüidade
• Italian: esiguità
• Portuguese: exiguidade
• Spanish: exigüidad

References

• “exiguitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exiguitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exiguitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.