promptitudo
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]prōmptitūdō f (genitive prōmptitūdinis); third declension
- (Late Latin) promptitude
- early 5th c., Maximus of Turin, Sermones 57:
- ..., atque promptitudo eius fidei a Maximo commendatur.
- ...and the promptitude of his faith was commended by Maximus
- ..., atque promptitudo eius fidei a Maximo commendatur.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōmptitūdō | prōmptitūdinēs |
| genitive | prōmptitūdinis | prōmptitūdinum |
| dative | prōmptitūdinī | prōmptitūdinibus |
| accusative | prōmptitūdinem | prōmptitūdinēs |
| ablative | prōmptitūdine | prōmptitūdinibus |
| vocative | prōmptitūdō | prōmptitūdinēs |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: promptitude
- → French: promptitude
- → Spanish: prontitud
- Portuguese: prontidão
References
[edit]- “promptitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- promptitudo 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)
- promptitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- promptitudo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016