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industrius

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Latin

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Etymology

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Probably from indu (in, within), archaic variation of in, + struō (build).[1][2]

Sometimes connected to Old High German ustrī (industry), Old English and-ūstrian (to hate, detest).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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industrius (feminine industria, neuter industrium, comparative industrior or industriior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. active, industrious, assiduous, diligent

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative industrius industria industrium industriī industriae industria
genitive industriī industriae industriī industriōrum industriārum industriōrum
dative industriō industriae industriō industriīs
accusative industrium industriam industrium industriōs industriās industria
ablative industriō industriā industriō industriīs
vocative industrie industria industrium industriī industriae industria

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “endo, indu(-), indi- (> Derivatives > industrius)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “struō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 592-3:If industrius goes back to *endo-struwo-, this was probably directly built to the verb.

Further reading

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